THE SEASON TO COME
LA QUINTA STAGIONE
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Five great Italian chefs talk about the choices they have made in their careers and their creativity, unhindered by prejudices or conventions. Their names are Caterina, Martina, Valeria, Antonia, and Cristina. That freedom they share goes for their recipes, too, in a testament to equality and accessibility all too often denied in the workplace. La quinta stagione is an exploration of local cuisines based on an idea of Paola Valeria Jovinelli’s. Directed by Giuseppe Carrieri, narrated by Isabella Ragonese, the series is produced by Fondazione Arte del Convivio with IULMovie LAB.
LA QUINTA STAGIONE
Five of the leading chefs in Italian cuisine come together for a friendly discussion about their careers, the meaning of time, and the future, free from prejudice or conventional views. One by one, they take the stage and transport us up and down Italy, in search of the varieties of its cuisine and their stories. All under the aegis of a noble sentiment that binds them: great love for human life, once and future. The fifth season that unites us all.
Italy, 2025, 60’, color
direction
Giuseppe Carrieri
screenplay
Giuseppe Carrieri
Paola Valeria Jovinelli
cinematography
Francesca Trovato
editing
Margherita Freyrie
music
Carlo Bosco
sound
Francesco Iachello
with
Caterina Ceraudo
Martina Caruso
Valeria Piccini
Antonia Klugmann
Cristina Bowerman
Isabella Ragonese
production
Arte del Convivio
co-productions
IULMovie LAB
Doc Bureau
Heart Project
producer
Paola Valeria Jovinelli
in collaboration with
Nel mio piccolo
Giuseppe Carrieri, with his 2013 film In Utero Srebrenica, told the story of the mothers of Bosnia trying to find the bones of their children, twenty years after the genocide. The film was nominated for the David di Donatello for Best Documentary and numerous international awards. In 2017, he directed Hanaa. Le Metamorfosi is his first experiment with a documentary fable, set in his native Naples. Since 2018, Carrieri has taught directing at the IULM University in Milan. He also works with several television networks in Italy and abroad.
