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Matteo Zoppis

[On 'The Tale of King Crab'] "We didn't want to be too precise with [the time period]. We were rather inspired by the place in itself, which is actually very genuine, and wanted to evoke an authentic atmosphere by talking about that spot and the life of these people here."

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    The Tale of King Crab

    THE TALE OF KING CRAB

    ALESSIO RIGO DE RIGHI, MATTEO ZOPPIS Italy, 2021

    Drawing its idiosyncratic power from the wellsprings of legend, this ecstatic folktale travels from 19th-century Italy to Argentina’s Tierra del Fuego. A primal meditation on the potency of storytelling, The Tale of King Crab is a redemptive fable charged with mythic grandeur and elemental beauty.

    Il Solengo

    IL SOLENGO

    ALESSIO RIGO DE RIGHI, MATTEO ZOPPIS Italy, 2015

    This unique documentary, shot in the mountains outside Rome, explores the true legend of a local hermit. A probing look at loneliness and eccentricity that is at once beautiful, curious, and revealing. In Il solengo, an unusual subject is portrayed through an inspired form.

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