A group of underwater divers discover by chance the wreckage of a large nineteenth century boat at the foot of a reef in the Re d Sea. This important discovery arouses their curiosity and they decide to find out more about it. After months of research in England they manage to reconstruct the story of the Carnatic, a post-boat in service on the route to India which was sunk with a cargoe of about 40.000 gold sterling. The official story of the sinking, inferred from the records, does not convince the divers who have visited the wreckage and who decide to return to the spot to verify their theory...and with the veiled proposal of looking for the rest of the treasure which has not been entirely recovered
Director
MICHELE RADICI
Michele Radici is an enthusiastic sportsman, specialising in filming extreme sports and adventures. He has produced various documentaries on flight (aerial acrobatics, hang-gliding and parachute sports), skin diving (potholing and archaeological diving, sharks) and the mountains (women’s free climbing, exploring in Venezuela, extreme skiing) for Canale 5 and the Istituto Luce in Rome. He participated at the Trento Filmfestival in 1986 with "La parete che non c'è” , in 1988 with "The Time Machine" (made with Stefano De Benedetti) and in 1990 with "Face To Face" (made with Anthony Hoffmann). In 1991 he presented "Carnatic: la nave senza volto".
In 2008 he translated an old book written by Bridwell (by now impossible to find) and wrote part of the new book “The Bird” on the life and feats of Jim Bridwell, updated with the latest ascents, together with Giovanni Groaz. In 2009 he produced and directed a split-screen film for the Upper Valdigne on Courmayeur and neighbouring municipalities. In the same year he was a member of the jury at the Trento Film Festival.