Transhumance

The film tells the story of the great migration of Sardinian shepherds to Tuscany in the 60s.

A little-told Italian story of work, social conflict, and emancipation in the transition from sharecropping to industrialization.

Transhumance is a choral tale that is a discovery of the landscape, of the countryside, of an activity still deeply rooted in the practices of pastoralism grappling with the challenges of contemporary times, but it is also a story of men, of transhumance and of communities that are reconstituting themselves despite the sea.

DIRECTOR'S NOTES

On the one hand, I wanted to tell the story of a significant internal Italian migration that has not yet been portrayed on film, a virtuous and successful example that goes beyond the cliché of the nostalgic emigrant, but demonstrates a great entrepreneurial initiative by people with a profound knowledge of sheep farming.

Another aspect that emerges in the film, and which goes beyond the cliché of the shepherd, is the life of contemporary agriculture, always grappling with the challenges of globalization and production changes.