Ultima mazza
Last Pig Slaughter
Letzte Dorf-Metzgete
Le dernier tue-cochon
Switzerland, November 2021
FILM,
Documentary, Experimental,
10 min.
- directed by
- Villi Hermann
- Written by
- Eve Martin, Villi Hermann
- Status
- In distribution
- Website
- www.imagofilm.ch
While tidying up during the lockdown 2020, I found photos I had taken during a day spent with the butcher peddler in my village, in the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland, shortly before they decided to stop for good in 1970. I spread the photos out on our kitchen table and filmed them with my smartphone. Based on this sketch, I created a totally virtual film with three friends, also confined to their homes.
Ogni anno a Beride, nel Malcantone, Svizzera italiana, si svolgeva la mazza del maiale, un rito paesano che durò fino al 1970. Ho documentato l’ultima mazza nei vicoli del mio paese. Durante il confinamento ho ritrovato le fotografie della mazza, le ho disposte sul tavolo della cucina e con i miei amici ho creato un film virtuale, lavorando a distanza. Una sfida nuova per me, cineasta che ha iniziato l’attività con la pellicola.
credits
- World Premiere
- November 2021
- Original Version
- Italian (english subtitles), b/w, DCP, 10 min.
- ISAN
- 0000-0005-BCB5-0000-3-0000-0000-S
- Production
- Imagofilm Lugano
- Producer
- Villi Hermann
- directed by
- Villi Hermann
- Written by
- Eve Martin, Villi Hermann
- Cinematography
- Alberto Meroni
- Editing
- Villi Hermann
- Location Sound Mix
- Villi Hermann
- Sound Editing
- Marco Viale
- Music
- Zeno Gabaglio
- Animation
- Alain Rordorf
- 3D Animation
- Alberto Meroni
World Sales / World Rights
- World Rights
- Imagofilm Lugano