Video Project Cinque Terre
The Cinque Terre, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and National Park, consists of five picturesque villages in a steep, breathtaking landscape on the Ligurian coast between Genoa and La Spezia. In 2001, Annette Frei Berthoud made a film in the Cinque Terre and was fascinated by the landscape and by the efforts of the inhabitants to maintain the sensitive ecosystem of terraces and vineyards. One film became many: Annette Frei Berthoud has been coming to the Cinque Terre again and again ever since, filming the work of the winegrowers and the sardine fishermen, interviewing old people about life in the past and shooting footage of their everyday lives. Soon, many of the people who tell stories of the old days will no longer be there. Their memories should be preserved for the next generations. A publication is planned.
The Chef de Cuisine of the Andrea Doria
Ninety-year-old Angelo Gasparini from Riomaggiore was chef de cuisine and master of fifty cooks on the luxury liner Andrea Doria. He experienced the sinking of the Andrea Doria in 1956 after it collided with a Swedish ship off the North American coast. In the video he talks about his eventful life.
The Peasant's Museum in Manarola
Anselmo Crovara has been collecting objects from the everyday and working world of the winegrowers and farmers of the Cinque Terre for decades and has set up an extraordinary museum in his house in Manarola.
The Sciacchetrà of the Gasparini Brothers
Sciacchetrà is a traditional sweet wine made from native grape varieties of the Cinque Terre. It captivates with its aroma of dried apricots and its balance of sweetness and acidity. The brothers Carlo and Gian-Domenico Gasparini produce Sciacchetrà for home use in the traditional way: they stomp the grapes with their feet.
Grape harvest like a hundred years ago
Die Weinlese auf den steilen Terrassen der Cinque Terre an der ligurischen Küste ist anstrengend und mit viel Aufwand verbunden. Fedora Rollandi ist über siebzig und kriecht immer noch unter die Pergola, um die Trauben zu lesen. Ein Film von 2003.
The Sardine Fishermen of Monterosso
Only a few fishermen still catch the sardines using the traditional "lampara" method. The fish are attracted with a strong lamp and caught with the net. Film about a full moon night on the fishing boat.
