
EnteringtheindustrialworldofMarghera,themechanicalheartoftheVeniceLagoonwhichhasnotstoppedbeatingforahundredyears:it’saworldhanginginthebalancebetweenanawkwardpastandanuncertainfuture,wheretheworkforceismadeupofoversixtydifferentnationalities.Wanderingintoandmarvelingatplaceshardlyeverexploredbefore,likethesteelbelliesofgreatshipsunderconstruction,theshadowsoftheabandonedbastionsofthePetrolchimicofacility,theblastfurnacesandsmokestacksoftherefineries,thenewcomputerisedworldofVegaorthehundredsofcontainersthatintercontinentalshippinglinesunloadroundtheclockontheedgesofthemotionlesslagoon.Throughthelivesofworkers,manager,truckdriversandthecookofthelasttrattorialeftinMarghera,theimageshelpustounderstandwhatremainsofItaly’sgreatdreamofindustrialprogressnowthatthecountryisimmersed,afterthecrisesandwoundsoftherecentpast,inglobalflowsoffinanceandmigration.



