Screenings
September 02 15:40
DSEGH HOUSE OF CULTURE
Winter’s Echo
Italy, 2024, 60’
in Italian w/ Arm․/Eng․ subtitles
Original title: L’eco delle campane d’inverno
Director: Davide Casarotti
Scriptwriters: Davide Casarotti, Paolo La Naia
Cinematographer: Davide Casarotti
Producer: Davide Casarotti
Editors: Stefano Brenna, Davide Casarotti, Paolo La Naia
Sound: Paolo La Naia
Manuel and Davide are two inhabitants of Montescheno, a village of just over 600 souls in the upper Ossola Valley. On the morning of January 9 2016, the two boys died in an avalanche in Rothwald in the Swiss mountains during a ski excursion. Six months later, a race called Val Brevettola Skyrace was born and dedicated to them. Seven years later, the memory of Meme and Dado still echoes among the mountains that surround and protect Montescheno. Through the words of the people who live in those places, Winter’s Echo tells what it means to deal with the mountains. The processing of mourning through sport and through the love of one’s country is just the starting point for a story that wonders what it means to live with death for those who live in Montescheno.
Davide Casarotti
Davide Casarotti is a documentary filmmaker. He started as a publicist for local newspapers in Ossola and for film magazines/blogs such as Nocturno and Cinefilos. His debut short film Sepolcri (2023) was nominated for the Metropolis Film Festival. Winter’s Echo (2024) is his first feature-length film. In 2023, he directed a short film with the middle school of Varzo about the history of the village entitled White Bread’s Children.
Filmography
Sepolcri (short, 2023), Winter’s Echo (2024), White Bread’s Children (short, 2024).