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On November 21, we are back with the second film of our DOC DAY series, OMI NOBU by Carlos Yuri Ceuninck, a visually stunning experience on the big cinema screen. We look forward to your presence, together with our partners from the Ökoinstitut Südtirol/Alto Adige. OMI NOBU explores Man's intimate relationship with Time; the contrast between the frozen time of an abandoned village and that of man confronts us with our own mortal condition. Quirino's story is also a confrontation between tradition and modernity, between Man's attachment to the Earth and his relationship with Nature.
The story takes place on the island of Sao Nicolau in Cabo Verde, in Ribeira Funda, a small village located at the bottom of a deep valley surrounded by high mountains and a rough ocean. Its inhabitants have experienced such a series of disastrous events that frightening superstitions have led them to flee the village to escape the forces of evil.
Everyone left the village to settle in the nearby Estância de Brás. All except one. One man remained: Quirino.
For over thirty years, 77-year-old Quirino has been the sole inhabitant of Ribeira Funda, the ghost village.
He has survived for decades by fishing and growing vegetables. He spends his days contemplating the ocean and the majestic mountains that surround his home. His only company is a rooster, a few sparrows and a battery-powered portable radio, which hums with news from the rest of the world.
But in the twilight of his life, Quirino, faced with an uncertain future and the harassing weight of isolation, illness and old age, resolves to leave the only place he has ever known.
OMI NOBU takes us on a journey through the days and nights of the past, present and future of a village, a land and a man, and, in fine, meditates on our ontological relationship with the finitude of time and space.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Filmclub Capitol, Via Doktor Joseph Streiter, 7, 39100 Bolzano BZ, Italia,Bolzano, Italy
