TO 60 years from tragedy, A7 proposes the broadcast of the film by Renzo Martinelli Vajontso as not to forget a catastrophe and the 1910 victims (including 487 children) overwhelmed by the landslide which from Mount Toc ended up in the dam reservoir.
October 9, 1963 270 million cubic meters of mud and rocks fell into the artificial lake, causing a wave that submerged the town downstream of Longarone and devastating everything they encountered on the way. A disaster announced and denounced by a few journalists and experts who reported the danger. The film is based on the book On the skin by Tina Merlin.
Vajont: the plot of the movie
The film of Renzo Martinelli tells one of the darkest pages of our country. Vajont tries to tell the story catastrophe through the massive use of special effectsi, the human drama and the search for truth entrusted to the voice of the journalist from L’Unità, Tina Merlin (Laura Morante). There were those who predicted the tragedy: the dam had been built on a unsuitable terrain and it had been said. But between silence and discharges of responsibility for the project, lto more vulgar politics added to the private interests. Economic logic and profit prevailed over respect for nature, common sense and people’s lives.
Laura Morante in “Vajont”. (HANDLE)
Merlin wrote several articles on the inconsistencies of geologists and designers predicting a possible franceto. She was tried on charges of disseminating false and biased news aimed at disturbing public order. With the help of the locals she was acquitted. After that catastrophe there was a trial, which lasted decades, which produced ridiculous sentences.
Michel Serrault, Daniel Auteuil, Jorge Perugorría e Leo Gullotta they play engineers, technicians and bureaucrats guilty of the death of almost two thousand people. The film combines civil commitment and entertainment.
Philippe Leroy, Leo Gullotta, Michel Serrau, Daniel Auteuil. (HANDLE)
Vajont today and the special on Focus on 9 October
The dam of Vajont with its 264 meters it is the fifth highest in the world, in 1963 it was the highest of all. Currently in disuse, it no longer has water in its basin, but a piece of mountain that has fallen into the basin. Also Focus (Channel 35) will remember the catastrophic event. October 9th the special edited by will be broadcast Luigi Bignamia journey into the torn territory and for the first time on TV we will see the inside of the dam and the service tunnels that were used for the maintenance and control of the reservoir.
There are also direct witnesses of the tragedy, the voice of Mauro Coronathe interventions of engineers and geologists, such as Giovanni Crostaof the University of Milan Bicocca, and of Emiliano Oddoneof the Dolomiti Project, visits to Longarone Vajont Museum et al Monumental Cemetery of the Victims of the Vajont where they rest 1464 bodies. The missing bodies were never found.
Luca Zingaretti, Vanessa Scalera and many others at the theater so as not to forget
Marco Paolini in 1993 brought his on stage for the first time Tale of the Vajont. He was one of the few, if not the only one, who raised his voice for remember that tragedy. On October 16th at the Piccolo Teatro in Milan Paolini will bring it back to the stage show so as not to forget and above all to underline that although they have passed 60 years old, man continues to rape the environment. Furthermore, water emergencies are commonplace.
On October 9th it goes on stage in 130 theatresfrom Alto Adige to Sicily and abroad, VajontS 23. The narrative of what happened that October 1963 multiplies into a chorus of many stories to draw attention to what could happen. Among the artists who will take turns on stage: Laura Adriani, Valerio Aprea, Luca Barbarossa, Barbora Bobulova, Paolo Calabresi, Isabella FerrariAnna Ferzetti, Neri Marcorè, Vanessa ScaleraPietro Sermonti, Luca Zingaretti and many others.
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