Overview

• Set around Mount Vesuvius, the documentary links contemporary Naples to its excavated past through a mosaic of observational scenes.
• Rosi shoots in black-and-white with fixed-camera tableaux, pairing the imagery with Daniel Blumberg’s experimental, geophone- and hydrophone-driven soundscape.
• Sequences trace civic life and strain, from a firefighters’ call center during seismic scares to investigations of tomb-raider tunnels and museum preservation work.
• Portside footage follows a tanker unloading Ukrainian grain near Naples, threading global conflict into the region’s daily rhythms.
• Filmed over roughly three years and edited throughout production, the Venice competition title has drawn widespread praise and is being sold internationally by The Match Factory.