THE PALAZZO

The diary of a young nun written in 1910 is the starting point of the history of the film. The nun went to Sicily, in Mirabella Imbàccari to help women in their bobbin lace work. The Princess Angelina gave the nuns her Palazzo, now the nuns give the Palazzo to Fondazione di Comunità di Messina: it will became a cultural and educational centre, a difficult project in a land suffering for emigration.

  • Alberto Valtellina
    Director
  • Alberto Valtellina
    Writer
  • Alberto Valtellina
    Producer
  • Lilli Valcepina
    Key Cast
    "voice off"
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    IL PALAZZO
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    23 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    March 4, 2020
  • Production Budget:
    10,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Italy
  • Language:
    Italian
  • Shooting Format:
    Blackmagic Raw 4K
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2.39:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Rassegna internazionale del Film Archeologico
    Rovereto
    Italy
    October 9, 2020
    International
    /
Distribution Information
  • Produzioni Alberto Valtellina
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Alberto Valtellina

Alberto Valtellina (1961) photographer and filmmaker
2020
A Tilted Condominium. Bergamo, Sun, Kasbah, Henhouses and Bloomed Terraces
(with Paolo Vitali, in production)
Capacity (in production)
The Palazzo
2019
Parvathy Baul. The Rootless.
Ferdinando il duro (Strongman Ferdinand, with Bloom Kolektiv, fiction)
Le traversiadi (Traversing, with Maurizio Panseri)
2018
La nave di Nico (Nico’s Ship)
2015
Il nemico un breviario partigiano (The Enemy, A Partisan Holybook, production, editing)
2014
Abacuc (production, editing)
2013
In balìa di voi stessi (At the Mercy of Yourselves)
Il dono di Arjuna (Arjuna’s Gift)

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Director Statement

I was asked to tell the last part of the story of Palazzo Paternò Biscari in Mirabella Imbàccari, a small village in the center of Sicily, since when nuns were invited from Princess Angelina to get there and gere the Palazzo, after the decision she took to became herself a nun (her husband, at the same time, became a priest). I found the diaries the nuns wrote: the story of the trip, from Rome to Mirabella that a young nun wrote, is fresh and rich in enthusiasm. That's the stating point. The nins teached the "tombolo" to the women of the village, that became a peculiarity of the place until industrial made laces arrived.
Now the Palazzo is gered by Fondazione di Comunità di Messina, it's a cultural and educational center.