Movies: Prima Luce

Since the border between France and Italy was closed in 2015, the Roya valley has become the symbol of insubordination. Migrants stranded in Ventimiglia continue to pass, bypassing roadblocks and controls, helped by certain inhabitants of the valley....

In the desert, a man extracts stones from a mountain and breaks them. In his perpetual labour, he meditates upon life and death....

I thought the legend was marvellous and outrageous. But what meaning could we give it today? I publish an announcement offering to make a film based on that old story. Lili, Aña and Ekaitz reply with curiosity and an eagerness for cinema....

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