THE PASOLINI PATH
TEVERE CORSARO
Reservation required on
giornatedegliautori.com
In Tevere Corsaro the stories of three marvelous utopians are interwoven, each of whom, with their own dreams, campaigns to get a Pasolini bicycle path established from Rome to Ostia, along the Tiber River. A story of civil engagement and a documentary that bears witness to – and we dedicate to – the legacy of a filmmaker as impassioned and pure as Pietro Balla.
TEVERE CORSARO
In today’s Rome, the paths of Sven, a Norwegian cycling activist and Pasolini fan; Giulia, a young farmer defending her land from encroaching developers; and Mario, a Roman with a heart of gold, all cross, in the struggle to create a Pasolini bicycle path along the river, from Rome to the sea. With powerful landowners, mediocre politicians, and all the red tape going against them, this unlikely trio fights for a utopia that combines nature and community, in a struggle that reflects the quandary of the Western world.
Italy, 2025, 95’, color
direction
Pietro Balla, Monica Repetto
screenplay
Pietro Balla
Monica Repetto
cinematography
Antonio Demma
editing
Beppe Leonetti
Giacomo Valentini
sound
Jacopo Manzo
Samuel Desideri
with
Sven Otto Scheen
Mario Girolami
Giulia Marrocchini
Pietro Marrocchini
production
Deriva Film
producers
Monica Repetto
Pietro Balla
in collaboration with
Eskimo
with the support of
Film Commission Torino Piemonte – Piemonte Doc Film Fund
Italian distribution
Deriva Film
Italian press office
Cristina Scognamillo
Monica Repetto is a writer, director, and producer. She and Pietro Balla co-founded the independent production company Deriva Film, making documentaries that screened at major festivals. She has written books about film and teaches in the National Program for Cinema in Schools Project (MiC-MIUR), and also conducts workshops for young filmmakers.
Pietro Balla was one of the most original Italian documentarians. An independent director and producer, all his life he reconciled a job in the railways with a career in filmmaking, with over a hundred credits in film, shorts, and TV series. A graduate in political science, he wrote for Cult, Filmcritica and Segnocinema.
