Film screening: The Wind Blows Round (Directed by Giorgio Diritti)

In this film, which gives “one has the sensation of auscultating the characters’ biological mutation” (Corriere della Sera), the aging, conservative population of a small, sleepy village in the Italian Alps is surprised when a former French professor, Philippe, settles there with his young wife and their three children in order to escape the wrongs of civilisation and to produce goat cheese. Initially suspicious of his unconventional ideas and lifestyle, the villagers are eventually conquered by the young family’s enthusiasm, kindness and helpfulness, and start to see in them a possible rebirth of the place. But, little by little misunderstandings arise and Philippe is increasingly shunned by most of the locals. A small community is not always a place of sharing, as communal life can be rife with jealousy, xenophobia and envy. An extraordinary story of failed sharing.