Short film
Societas Mortis
2018 · 10 min
A quiet, contemplative look at a solemn ritual, inviting reflection on tradition and faith.
- Directed by
- Andrea Corsini
- Genres
- Documentary
- Overview
- Men dressed in black confraternal clothes come out of a church, carrying with difficulty a large cross of iron and wood and walk without accompanists, without a band and without a procession. It happens in Monterosso al Mare, a tourist resort of the Cinque Terre (Liguria, Italy), where every year the rite of the Societas Mortis is staged, a pilgrimage that reaches the monastery of Soviore from the streets of the village at 800 meters above sea level. A ritual that, between contradictions and reinterpretations, continues to survive.
- How it feels
- Earnest, melancholic and dark. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
- About
- Faith, trauma, isolation, memory
- Content
- No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Andrea Corsini
- Genres
- Documentary