The San Diego Italian Film Festival (SDIFF) presents the 2013 film La Prima Neve (First Snowfall) directed by Andrea Segre.
In the film, everybody in the valley is waiting for the first snow, but Dani has never seen the snow. Dani was born in Togo and arrived in Italy as a refugee from the war in Libya. He was taken in by a refugee home on Pergine, a small village in the mountains of Trentino, at the foot of the Mocheni Valley. He has a one-year-old daughter who he is unable to care for. There is deep hurt that blocks him. Dani is invited to work in the workshop of Pietro, an old carpenter and beekeeper who lives on a mountain farm with his daughter-in-law Elisa and his grandson Michele, a boy aged ten whose fitfulness strikes Dani. Michele?s father died a short time ago, leaving a big hole in the young boy?s life. Michele?s relationship with his mother is tense and conflicted. Sooner or later the snow will arrive, and there is not much time to repair the beehives and collect firewood. It is a short and necessary time span that allows pain and silences to turn into occasions for understanding and knowing. In this time and in these woods, before the snow, Dani and Michele can learn to listen to each other.
Admission/Cost: $10 (General Admission); $8 (SDIFF Members/Students/Military)
Location:
Museum of Photographic Arts
1649 El Prado
San Diego, CA 92101
Thursday, May 21 - 7:30 PM
For more information, please visit: www.sandiegoitalianfilmfestival.com
In the film, everybody in the valley is waiting for the first snow, but Dani has never seen the snow. Dani was born in Togo and arrived in Italy as a refugee from the war in Libya. He was taken in by a refugee home on Pergine, a small village in the mountains of Trentino, at the foot of the Mocheni Valley. He has a one-year-old daughter who he is unable to care for. There is deep hurt that blocks him. Dani is invited to work in the workshop of Pietro, an old carpenter and beekeeper who lives on a mountain farm with his daughter-in-law Elisa and his grandson Michele, a boy aged ten whose fitfulness strikes Dani. Michele?s father died a short time ago, leaving a big hole in the young boy?s life. Michele?s relationship with his mother is tense and conflicted. Sooner or later the snow will arrive, and there is not much time to repair the beehives and collect firewood. It is a short and necessary time span that allows pain and silences to turn into occasions for understanding and knowing. In this time and in these woods, before the snow, Dani and Michele can learn to listen to each other.
Admission/Cost: $10 (General Admission); $8 (SDIFF Members/Students/Military)
Location:
Museum of Photographic Arts
1649 El Prado
San Diego, CA 92101
Thursday, May 21 - 7:30 PM
For more information, please visit: www.sandiegoitalianfilmfestival.com
