The scent of the ground
Claudio Polidori, better known as Claudino, is a young man who lives today with his partner Marta and his daughter Nora in the medieval village of Torri in Sabina, a town immersed in the countryside of Rieti.
In this small village, however, as in many other similar places, there are no great job opportunities and so he decides to try to live off his passions.
Always attracted to the world of dog breeding, he began training dogs for truffle hunting. For about 12 years now, the “hunt” has become a daily appointment and a real obsession.
Dogs, land and nature become his source of sustenance and with them
he develops a symbiotic relationship because, he says: “Truffle hunter, dog and nature must always be connected through all the senses”.
The forest, which effectively becomes his workplace, is a magical world, which gives signals to those who are able to decipher them and which allow one to "see" even when fog and darkness descend all around.
This is the environment in which this "connection" between the various elements mentioned above and the protagonist's need for freedom is expressed.
Freedom that in a certain way characterizes and identifies the activity of the "Search".
Everyone can go truffle hunting on Sundays, but not everyone becomes a professional truffle hunter, because it is a difficult world, where in many cases envy, abuse and deceit reign.
Claudino is a truffle hunter 2.0 who uses technology and social media to work at his best, but he is also the custodian of the secrets of the old hunters.
A silent ninja of the woods, capable of eluding or misleading with extreme cunning the attentions of fierce competitors, but who do not have his curiosity and his "leg".
Nature, however, is suffering. Climate change is modifying the normal order of things. The scarcity of atmospheric precipitation or its excessive quantity, complicate the “Cerca” and drastically reduce the number of truffles. The season of the extraction of the precious “Bianco” is upon us, the tension rises and Claudino, like the old gold diggers, ascetically prepares for the great harvest that if fruitful, will guarantee sustenance for him and his family.
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Bruno PalmaDirector
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bruno palmaWriter
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stray dogProducer
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Project Type:Documentary
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Runtime:30 minutes
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Completion Date:January 9, 2025
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Production Budget:10,000 USD
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Country of Origin:Italy
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Country of Filming:Italy
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Shooting Format:digital
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
Bruno Palma was born in 1973. In 2005, he founded the production company Digitalchroma srl, which specialized in production and post for advertising. Storytelling becomes the standard release valve to express one’s creativity and specializes in the production of documentaries, industrial films, television formats, short films and video clips.
He has worked for the Sator International Group and has received several career awards as author and / or director for documentaries, video art and web series.