A Tuscan village is among the main characters in The Beauty of Little Italy, a documentary produced by The Skill Group.
Magliano in Tuscany: Magliano in Tuscany lands at Venice Film Festival. City in the heart Maremmawith medieval towers and a panoramic view of the olive groves and vineyards stretching to the sea, at an angle of three hundred and sixty degrees. protagonist of the documentary “The Beauty of Little Italy”produced by The Skill Group, which will be presented on Thursday, September 7 at the Veneto Region Pavilion as part of the 80th Venice Lagoon International Film Festival.
The short film, directed by Lorenzo Munegato and Alberto Pezzella with the participation of Simone Massachesi, is a journey through Italy, to medium and small villages, between relaxing tourism, fine craft traditions, historical roots and the production of fine wines. It is the soul of Magliano, which for many years has become a buen retiro of vacationers in search of unique panoramas, cypress trees reddened by the sunset, the sea opening among the Mediterranean bush. After all, Pereta – one of the three villages of Magliano along with Montiano – already a favorite destination for Americans and Northern Europeans, has just been glorified by the New York Times in a hymn to life according to the seasons in its Locanda Sospesa. between falconry and wild asparagus hunting. And in the central square of Magliano at the end of August, actress Natalie Portman – Queen Amidala from Star Wars – dined under the stars with pinza olives and mushrooms.
“The project to promote the territory that we intend to develop through initiatives such as this documentary brings our craft to the national arena,” explains Magliano Mayor Gabriele Fusini “Those who come here find nature, art, archaeology, food and wine, sports, cycling. We want to work more and more for quality tourism, and not just summer tourism, to which we offer a warm welcome and high-level services.”
As the drone flies high, taking down the roofs and walls that made the village strategically important already in Etruscan and Roman times, the archaeologist Simone Marianelli traces with the onlookers the ancient patrol alley along the walls: “These medieval walls are a postcard by di Magliano – he explains: From here you can see connections to big cities such as Rome, Florence and Siena, and control the coast. Then the scientist leads us to Pereta, along the alleys leading from the front door to the Clock Tower. And in Montiano, where most of the walls are built into houses, and the belvedere covers Argentario, the comma of Tombolo della Giannella, further Orbetello and Porto Ercole, up to the Uccellina park and the blue sea.
In addition to the Tuscan city, the short film also takes place in Sarzana on the Ligurian coast, in Conversano in Puglia, in Norcia in Umbria with its basilica beautifully restored by the industry leader Cobar, all the way to the estate of Tolomei in the Euganean Hills.