ALPI - LE ALPI DELL’ALTO ADIGE
ALPI - LE ALPI DELL’ALTO ADIGE
FOLCO QUILICI
Italy / 1999 / 42'
ALPI - LE ALPI DELL’ALTO ADIGE
FOLCO QUILICI
Italy / 1999 / 42'

The Camera continues westwards, following the course of the sun. The peaks of the border chain dominate the scene with the glaciers still resisting against the pitiless process of erosion. Culture and mountains are the main subjects of this documentary, a constant which distinguishes the approach of the Opera Filmica CAI Quilici. Alongside the castles and walled towns, Michael Pacher's shining paintings are the link between north and south. This great Alto Adige artist was celebrated in 1998 with an exibition of his work in the Novacella Abbey. Wonderful images of religious piety which meet and blend with others of the minortity groups of Ladin men, women and children in Val Badia. Higher up the refuges, prepared routes, ski mountaineering ascents to the Pala Bianca peak along the steep north wall. And on the glacier of this beautiful mountain of Venoste, a demonstration of how to rescue an injured person from a crevice, with inside shots of the large insidious crack.

Director

FOLCO QUILICI