Edition: 2014

Selected by the Festival: DAYS OF ETHNOGRAPHIC FILM 2013, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Year of production: 2013

Country of production: Italy

Production: Multidea srl e Istituto Superiore Regionale Etnografico della Sardegna

Set in: Italy

Film: Color

Directed by: Assunta Nugnes, Francesco Costabile

The Northern Coastline of Sardinia. Castelsardo. During the Holy Week it becomes the stage of a complex and fascinating ritual. The undisputed stars are the singers of the Santa Croce Congregation. A brotherhood. A group of singers. A group of men. They stop time with an unique aim: to go out on the streets and sing about the Passion of Christ. Their voices echo through the dark alleys while they try to surpass the boundaries of everyday life and their own humanity in order to be redeemed through their voices. It is a world of men, but above the men’s voices there is one more voice, the ethereal, the virtual, the voice of Our Lady.