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Up There

Country: Italy, Language: Italian, 80 mins

  • Director: Bartolomeo Pampaloni
  • Writer: Bartolomeo Pampaloni
  • Producer: Enrica Capra, Francesca Feder

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Far from a chaotic Palermo that seems to have lost contact with any form of spirituality, lives Nino or, as he prefers to be called, Isravele, a semi-illiterate and former construction worker, who decided to abandon his family and dedicate his existence to God. As an implementation of the Benedictine rule ora et labora, the protagonist has been devoting himself for the last twenty years to the erection of a temple, born from the ruins of an old, disused observatory. Despite his advanced age, Isravele – whose name, read backwards, means ascension/rise – explores every day the barren mountain on which he lives, in search of the best stones for his sanctuary: a cathartic act that he likes to call prayer. For the realisation of his documentary, the director observed the life of this modern prophet, encouraging the viewer to come to terms with the responsibility that humans have towards nature.


Lontano da una Palermo caotica che sembra aver perso il contatto con ogni forma di spiritualità, vive Nino o, come preferisce essere chiamato, Isravele, muratore semianalfabeta, che ha deciso di abbandonare la propria famiglia e dedicare la vita a Dio. In un’elevazione della massima benedettina ora et labora, il protagonista si dedica da più di vent’anni alla costruzione di un tempio, nato dalle rovine di un vecchio osservatorio in disuso. Nonostante l’età, Isravele – il cui nome va letto al contrario – esplora ogni giorno la brulla montagna su cui vive, alla ricerca delle pietre migliori per il suo santuario: un atto catartico che lui ama chiamare preghiera. Per la realizzazione del suo documentario, il regista ha osservato a lungo la vita di questo profeta moderno, incoraggiando chi guarda a fare i conti con le responsabilità che gli umani hanno verso la natura.


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Cast & Characters

Isravele (as Self)