
Four true stories of courage recounting the flood of May 16, 2023 - the first 2 episodes screening at Biografilm. Narration and documentary intertwine through interviews, unpublished footage, and testimonies to document how Emilia-Romagna was brought to its knees during the most serious climate disaster in Italian history.
Emilia Romagna, May 16, 2023. As her cell phone is about to die, Maria Chiara types a message. She’d like to say so many things, but there’s no time left. Before the screen goes off, she writes the only thing she would like to ask her loved ones: “Pray for us.” 9:54 p.m., the time of this last post. Then nothing more.
Emilia Romagna, May 16, 2023. The grandmother holds Jenny, her one-year-old granddaughter, in her arms. The mother clutches Diego, only 45 days old, to her chest. The water rises. The firefighters are speechless. 20 meters above, a helicopter waits for information. “Guys, we have two children... They're very small.”