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Rombo in Bloomington, MN
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En Rombo, palabra que designa el oscuro estruendo que hace la tierra al temblar, la naturaleza y la historia oral se trenzan para alumbrar un vibrante relato sobre los efectos, tanto físicos como psicológicos, de las catástrofes naturales. En mayo y en septiembre de 1976, dos seísmos arrasaron el noreste de Italia y causaron graves daños al paisaje y a su población: unas mil personas murieron bajo los escombros, decenas de miles se quedaron a la intemperie y muchas acabaron abandonando para siempre sus hogares en Friuli. «Desde entonces ha pasado media vida o más, pero la letra con la que se inscribió en la memoria de todos no se ha borrado»: Rombo es, efectivamente, una indagación sobre la memoria que urden los testimonios de siete habitantes de una remota aldea entre los Alpes y el Adriático, personas que tienen que aprender a vivir a partir de la pérdida y el trauma.
In Rombo, a word that designates the dark roar that the earth makes when it trembles, nature and oral history intertwine to illuminate a vibrant story about the effects, both physical and psychological, of natural disasters. In May and September 1976, two earthquakes devastated northeast Italy and caused serious damage to the landscape and its population: about a thousand people died under the rubble, tens of thousands were left out in the open, and many ended up abandoning their homes forever in Friuli. "Since then, half a life or more has passed, but the letter with which it was inscribed in everyone's memory has not been erased": Rombo is, indeed, an investigation into memory woven by the testimonies of seven inhabitants of a remote village. Between the Alps and the Adriatic, people who have to learn to live from loss and trauma.
In Rombo, a word that designates the dark roar that the earth makes when it trembles, nature and oral history intertwine to illuminate a vibrant story about the effects, both physical and psychological, of natural disasters. In May and September 1976, two earthquakes devastated northeast Italy and caused serious damage to the landscape and its population: about a thousand people died under the rubble, tens of thousands were left out in the open, and many ended up abandoning their homes forever in Friuli. "Since then, half a life or more has passed, but the letter with which it was inscribed in everyone's memory has not been erased": Rombo is, indeed, an investigation into memory woven by the testimonies of seven inhabitants of a remote village. Between the Alps and the Adriatic, people who have to learn to live from loss and trauma.