In San Pietro di Rosà, province of Vicenza, the construction of one of the largest zinc mills in Italy in an area subject to protection is at the origin of a very civil protest by citizens. “A film that is not intended to be an investigation, but a story. Story in reality and not about reality. The faces, the stories, the emotions of the citizens of San Pietro are intertwined with the overbearing silences of the institutions and the mechanical and productive silences of the zinc mill. A film that does not neglect punctuality and precision on the story, but which tries to go further, trying to discover in this small history of the Italian province the traces of a challenge that actually involves all of humanity: how to reconcile economic growth with respect for quality and human dignity?”. (Andrea Segre)
Andrea Segre: Having a PhD in communication sociology at the University of Bologna behind him, Andrea Segre has established himself as one of the most sensitive and rigorous documentarians on the Italian cinema scene. He has been studying and reporting on migrations towards Europe and the contradictions of the developed world for several years: he wrote and directed Marghera Canale Nord (2003) selected at the Venice Film Festival, Che cosa manca (2006), La mal’ombra (2007) awarded at the Turin Film Festival, A sud di Lampedusa (2007) on the expulsions of African migrants in the Ténéré desert. It is dedicated to the same theme Come un uomo sulla Terra (2008), a work awarded in numerous Italian festivals and nominated for the David as best documentary. In 2009 he filmed Magari le cose cambiano, a journey into the heart of modern Roman villages, where thousands of Italian and foreign citizens are daily denied the right to dignity; 2010 was Il sangue verde, a story of great intensity about the foreign community of Rosarno. Io sono Li, produced by Marco Paolini's Jole film and presented with great success at the latest Venice Film Festival, represents his debut in fiction cinema.