A fable about nature, love, and prejudice, which tells the story of the search for the freedom to be oneself. Salvatore Mereu presented his new film, "Wandering Trees," to the press this morning at the Notorious Cinemas in Piazza L'Unione Sarda, following its competition appearance at Locarno and its Roman premiere at Alice nella città.
Based on the novel "Wandering Trees and Shipwrecked Trees" by Alberto Capitta , the film intertwines the fates of three families. At the center are Piero and his son Giuliano, who live on the fringes of the community caring for injured animals, amidst the suspicion and hostility of their neighbors. When his father disappears, Giuliano embarks on a journey to find him, in a dimension suspended between reality and fairytale.
"The family in the woods is the most fitting example today: Piero and Giuliano, the protagonists, bear the same stigma," Mereu explains. "Like in some fairy tales, they live in the countryside and try to revive animals, but their neighbors view their way of life with suspicion and disapproval. The film embodies this conflict between good and evil, which is easy to identify with."
The full story and interview with the director will appear tomorrow in L'Unione Sarda.
