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Medea, un maggio di Pietro Frediani
Medea, un maggio di Pietro Frediani

MEDEA, UN MAGGIO DI PIETRO FREDIANI

Directed by Paolo Benvenuti
Italy, 1972
Documentary

Synopsis

Benvenuti revives the tradition of maggio by filming with commendable rigueur the performance of a maggio composed by peasant poet Pietro Frediani (1775-1857), and based upon the character of Medea. Old farmers and shepherds stage the text on the backdrop of an ancient oil mill.

Synopsis

Benvenuti revives the tradition of maggio by filming with commendable rigueur the performance of a maggio composed by peasant poet Pietro Frediani (1775-1857), and based upon the character of Medea. Old farmers and shepherds stage the text on the backdrop of an ancient oil mill.