Ventimiglia di Sicilia, the Princess' town
Text and Direction Giovanni Montanti
Voice over (Italian version) Giancarlo Cara
Voice over (English version) Antonella Scaduto
Consultant Nino Manzella
Camera work Michele Ducato
Editing Fabio Messina
Post-production Idea Video - Trapani
Duration min. 45
Price:
VHS/NTSC: USD 40,00 (included mail delivery service to your address)
DVD: USD 50,00 (included mail delivery service to your address)
Available in English and Italian.
The video has been sponsored by Provincia Regionale di Palermo, Jennifer Petrino, Grace Lancieri Olivo and the descendants of the Saso, Sparacio, Dina and Bonadonna families.
Il Sole Editrice
It is the history of a town founded in the first half of the 17th century by a Sicilian noblewoman and today mounted in an attractive natural landscape.
This documentary retraces the events in the history of the old estate of Calamigna and modern day Ventimiglia di Sicilia, concentrating on the most significant aspects: the Nature Reserve of "Pizzo Cane" and the hermitage of San Felice, the discoveries at the Castellaccio archeological site, the churches, the works of art, the streets, the squares, the Processions of the Holy Crucifix, of Our Lady of Grace, and Our Lady of the Rosary.
The video is made more valuable by the inclusion of some historical black and white photographs which show how the town appeared in the middle of the last century.
The Holy Week in Ventimiglia di Sicilia
Text Peppe Bondì, Nino Manzella, Giovanni Montanti
Voice over (Italian version) Giancarlo Cara
Translation and Voice over (English version) Frank Cannonito
Camera work Gino Scimeca
Editing and Post-production Gianni Basciano
Duration min. 45
Price:
VHS/NTSC: USD 40,00 (included mail delivery service to your address)
DVD: USD 50,00 (included mail delivery service to your address)
Available in English and Italian.
The video has been sponsored by Parrocchia Immacolata Concezione di Ventimiglia di Sicilia and by Archeoclub d'Italia Sezione di Ventimiglia di Sicilia.
Il Sole Editrice
To live the Holy Week in Ventimiglia di Sicilia is to leaf through a script where every scene is a perfect synthesis of folklore and liturgy. Where each action is charged to commemorate the Passion, Death and Resurrection of Jesus in precise dramatizations from which the earthly and human content of the Event emerge.
This script runs through the thread of history in Ventimiglia di Sicilia because of its intimate connection to the religiosity of Ventimiglia's founder, Princess Beatrice Ventimiglia del Carretto who, in 1628, scarcely a year after the founding of the city wanted to dedicate a church to the Immaculate Conception, thereby confirming her family's particular devotion for the Virgin Mary.
More than three and one half centuries have passed since then, and the religiosity has remained intact and favored the birth of a pure sentiment: a profound sense of belonging. In this link to its own history, in the rapport between daily activities and the eternal, between God and man, between that which is inaccessible and that which is nearby, stands the worth and essence of the simple gestures that each year renew the ancient faith and make the Holy Week in Ventimiglia one of Sicily's most engrossing religious events.
