Who are the people of Val di Susa who have opposed the Turin-Lyon high-speed rail project for twenty-five years? The film questions their identity and the thinking behind their tenacious rebellion. Through ten portraits of words and silences, the film recounts the same bitter discovery: the betrayal of national politics, accused of abandoning citizens to their fate, leaving them alone to contend with the riot police.
"'Here' is a word often used throughout the documentary's narratives. It indicates that here and now, in this place and at this precise moment, something is happening. It indicates a place where one lives and endures something perceived as an injustice, but it also indicates the possibility of experiencing something unique and unrepeatable. We are here and nowhere else. We are in the Susa Valley and nowhere else. And yet, even if everything refers to very concrete events and settings, the narratives reveal, beneath the urgency of events and current events, a dimension that transcends the very causes of the conflict. And so 'here' is not elsewhere: it is everywhere." Daniele Gaglianone
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Luca Rastello with Daniele Gaglianone: of galaxies and the TAV, of Val Susa and Turin
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Who are the people from the Susa Valley fighting against the TAV (high-speed rail) project between Turin and Lyon? The film investigates their identity and the ideas guiding their strenuous rebellion. Ten portraits made of words and silence, revealing the same bitter discovery: the betrayal of national politics, accused of abandoning its citizens to their fate, leaving them alone to deal with the anti-riot police.
"Qui ('here') is a word often heard in the tales presented in this documentary. It means that something is happening here and now, in this place and in this specific moment in time. It indicates a place where people live with and suffer from something they perceive as an injustice; but it also indicates the chance of experiencing something unique. We are here, and not elsewhere. We are in the Susa Valley, not in some other place. Everything is connected to concrete events and environments, and yet their stories, moved by sense of the urgency associated to those current events, reveal a dimension that transcends the causes that triggered the conflict. Therefore 'qui' isn't elsewhere: it's everywhere.” Daniele Gaglianone
