Emilia Romagna, 1975

Location: Bologna, Italy Parma, Italy Ravenna, Italy Modena, Italy Creator: Jacques Nobecourt The documentary is a vast overview of the political, social and economic situation of Bologna and the whole of Emilia Romagna, after the first four years of the regional institute. The film investigation shows moments of the political life of the Region, from the visit of the President of the Republic to the meetings with the representatives of North Vietnam and the joint demonstration of the French and Italian Communist Parties, with speeches by George Marchais and Enrico Berlinguer; investigates the life of the Emilian cities, penetrating with the camera into schools, cultural clubs, theatres, neighbourhood councils, political party sections, trade union offices, factories, newspaper printers, bookstores, fairs, in the Unity Festivals; analyses the cooperative organization that mainly characterizes Emilian agriculture, in all phases, from that of production to that of distribution; recalls the past of anti-fascist struggle of the Region, from the origin of fascism to the Resistance and this post-war period. The documentary is also of considerable interest because it constitutes a foreign testimony - directed by the French journalist Jacques Nobecourt, correspondent in Italy of the important French newspaper "Le Monde" - on the way in which the left administers local authorities, stimulating the participation of all to the direction of public affairs. 01. Title: "This documentary was made in 1974 by the French journalist Jacques Nobécourt, who was for many years the Italian correspondent of one of the most authoritative international newspapers, the Parisian 'Le Monde'. Nobécourt himself reads the text in Italian, of which he is also the author " 02. Arrival of the President of the Republic Giovanni Leone in Bologna, where, from a stage, he gives a speech to the crowd. Following are images of books and magazines dealing with the theme of "red Emilia" 03. Arrival of Ms. Ha Bin, representative of the Vietnamese government, accompanied by Mayor Fanti, in Bologna. Short image of the speech given by the woman 04. The president of the French Communist Party gives a speech in Piazza Maggiore in Bologna. He is a guest of the Emilia Romagna region. PP by Berlinguer, overview of the crowd 05. Half figure interview with President Fanti 06. Headlines 07. Panoramic views of Emilia Romagna: the Po delta, the Apennines, the countryside 08. In an elementary class, some children talk about the geography and history of the region. PP of faces. Fixed shots of the characteristic monuments of the main cities of the region alternate, up to the capital, Bologna. Shooting of the streets of the city, the crowds, the market, details of the shops 09. Interior of a private house: men and women discuss and eat together. PP of the faces, CM to make the whole scene visible. PP of a man being interviewed 10. Front pages of the newspaper 'l'Unità'; title details. Outside day: the first page of the newspaper is posted on a wall, people pass along the street 11. Interview with the regional secretary of the PCI. PP and half figure 12. Overview of a palace. The interview with Fanti continues, in PP 13. Interview with Dr. Camorani, exponent of the Liberal Party 14. The hills and the countryside: overview of the fields, pp of a farmer on a tractor. We see his farm, the barn and his family, who are being interviewed. They are gathered around the table and eat. PP of faces 15. The campaign: a group of women work in the fields; some of them are interviewed. Shortly after, they return home with their respective bicycles. The mdp follows one of them into the house, where some questions are asked to her husband and son 16. The breeding cooperatives: common work in a stable; interview with one of the members. Following, the various stages of production: the distribution of forage to the cows, milking and the production of cheese in an associated cooperative 17. Work in another cooperative: the product packaging chain. Interview with the director of the cooperative 18. Reconstruction of the history of Emilia Romagna through vintage photographs, images taken from historical texts, shooting of places left to memory (Fossoli concentration camp), up to today's Bologna 19. Commemoration of the victims of the Brescia massacre: Mayor Fanti speaks to the crowd at the Teatro Comunale in Bologna. PP of the politicians present, of the mayor, overview of the listeners. Details of the region's gonfalons 20. Interview with Giuseppe Righi, socialist 21. Interview with Armando Garrieri, of the DC 22. Overview of Piazza Maggiore, in Bologna; interview with Renato Zangheri, mayor of Bologna (MF). A neighbourhood meeting: PP of the participants' faces, overview of the room, details. Glimpses of the streets of the city 23. Pictures of 'Il Manifesto' hanging on the walls of the city. Interview with a member of the collective. The editorial work within the group 24. Demonstration of agricultural workers in the streets of Modena: the mdp, in the crowd, catches the gazes of the participants, focuses on the faces but also on the whole procession. On a stage, one of the organizers gives a speech 25. Some representatives of the trade unions speak: around a table, framed together or individually, they tell their experience 26. The work inside a ceramic factory: the various production areas, the activities of the workers. Interview with one of the founding members. Next, the assembly line. Interview with an exponent of the Emilian left 27. Parma: overview of the city and its refinery. Details of the factory, of the work of its workers. Interview with one of them and one of the managers 28. Ravenna: overview of the refineries. The mdp enters a cement factory: zoom on the workers at work 29. The port: the work of sailors and large ships for transporting goods. Below, the polluted waters that come out of the refineries and factories along the coast 30. The Po delta: the canals that go towards the sea, the local flora, the activity of the fishermen: on their boats, they catch fish to then sell at the market. Overview of the port of Ravenna. Crowds of tourists flock to the streets of the city 31. The headquarters of "Il Resto del Carlino": external overview and interview with two journalists from the newspaper 32. Interview with Dr. Gualtieri, exponent of the Republicans 33. A religious procession through the streets of the city: details of the faces, views of the people who observe, on the sides of the road, the passage of prelates with sacred vestments 34. Interview with a man on the meeting between Fanti and Cardinal Lercaro 35. Historical images of the meeting between Mayor Fanti and Cardinal Lercaro inside the halls of the Town Hall: surrounded by the council, the two shake hands. The cardinal greets the politicians present 36. Second part of the interview with the regional secretary of the PCI. PP and half figure 37. The Mayor Guido Fanti (MF) speaks 38. Overview of a newspaper and magazine resale. Interview with the owner 39. Roundup of representative images of the region and its different professions: the villages of the Po delta, fishing on the river, life in the squares. The work of cattle breeders; the activity inside a ham factory 40. PP on the faces of men, women, children, representatives of the different professions told during the documentary 41. Credits