DEVILS OF THE FIELDS
Short Film, Italy, 2019, 13'30"
Toni Carta (1928-2014) spent his childhood and adolescence growing up in a peasant family. His fascination with the rhythms and colors of rural life inspired him to depict its images and symbols through his main vocation: painting.
From the age of 16, he worked as a laborer at the Officine Grandi Riparazioni, a train factory at the heart of Ferrovieri, a district established for factory workers in Vicenza.
In the film, the suspended characters depicted in his paintings guide us on a mythological journey that narrates the sunset of rural culture. The quiet countryside village Contra' Riva Alta becomes Ferrovieri, a bustling working-class suburb, son of the capitalist industrial society.
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The film was realized in the framework of the artistic residency Working Title Film Festival @ Ferrovieri, which included various activities focusing on the Ferrovieri district in Vicenza and its historical connections to the world of work.
Produced by Marina Resta and Giulio Todescan for LIES – Laboratorio dell’inchiesta economica e sociale.
