Between9Mayand11June1943,theislandofPantelleriawasviolentlybombardedbytheAlliedtroopsinthefirstoperationtoreconquerItaliansoil.Residentsrecallthat,afterthesurrender,someofthebuildingswereblownupforthecamerasofapropagandacombatfilm.Pantelleriatracesthememoriesofthiseventinthelocalcollectiveconsciousnessandlooksatthecontemporaryimplicationsofanepisodethattookplaceintheshadowofofficialhistory.Throughatwo-yearslongparticipatoryprocesswiththeresidents,thefilmexploresthetensionbetweenthetruthanditsideologicaldistortion,andbetweentherealityofthebombsandtheirtellingthroughimages.TheNervihangar,asymbolofMussolini’smilitarisationoftheisland,isnowshownemptyandinhabitedbyamagicalanimalpresence.Extractsfromthecombatfilmareprojectedontothebuildingsoftoday’sPantelleria,whilethecameratravelsthroughthebunkersdugbytheItalianarmy.Thevoiceover,writtenandreadbywriterGiorgioVasta,givesexpressiveformtotheisland’sstories,whilethesoundbyGUPAlcaroandDavideTomatdistortstherecordingsofthelocalorchestraSpata,findingindancemusicaspaceforthereactivationofthepast,andliberationinthepresent. 源自:https://masbedo.org/pantelleria/