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Pratica e maestria (Practice and mastery)

Film
Title of the film Original title: Pratica e maestria
English title: Practice and mastery
Hungarian title: Mester és muzsikus

Production and shooting info Country of the production: Italy - it
Year of production: from 2004 to 2005
Year of shooting: 2004
Length of the film: 46 min
Colouring: colour
Recording format: DVCAM
Original language: Italian
Language of subtitle: English

Description of the content Zì (Uncle) Antonio and zì Vincenzo, two elderly brothers with a big passion: the zampogna (bagpipe). Constructor the first one, player the second, they still spend their life making bagpipes and playing all around Italy at festivals. This year is a big surprise for them: they record a CD. The documentary follows their trip and also their everyday life spent in the mountains with zì Carmela, zì Antonio’s strong wife and Cardillo, the dog that howls to the sound of the bagpipe.

Credits Director: Rossella Schillaci
Expert: Nicola Scaldaferri
Cinematographer: Rossella Schillaci
Editor: Rossella Schillaci
 Fulvio Montano
Sound: Elisa Piria

Company / Institution Production: Azul Produzioni

Ethnicity and locality Continent: South Europe
Country: Italy - it
Location
 (City, village, region, mountains, etc.): Lucania

Tipology Type: non-fiction film
Form: documentary film

Related sciences Arts: zene
Social science: sociology


Keyword: tradition
 craft, trade
 way of living

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