In a world where the ocean loses voice and life, “BREATH” Become a necessary story. A journey between cancellation and hope that intertwines the environment and the family memory to remind us that saving the sea means we save ourselves
“Breath”The film that denounces the ocean crisis and evokes action
May 5 arrives in theaters “Breath”The documentary of ILARIA CONGIU That is confronted with the collapse of marine ecosystems by a personal and militant story.
After the first passages at international festivals, the film introduces the general public with a clear message: the ocean is suffocated and humanity is responsible.
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A film between cancellation and activism
The film was born of a conscious and dedicated production that combines artistic languages and ecological activism. Legambient Italy Ed Extend Rebellie Italia They worked together on the project.
Both organizations have fought against the climatic crisis and for the Defense of the environmentBringing the voice of science and citizenship in the squares and institutions.
The documentary is an Italo-Tunisian co-production between the Mediterranean cinematographic and propaganda, distributed by Mescalito Film. Alternates emotional testimonies and concrete data, without rhetoric or simplifications.
«Breath is not just a documentary, it is an invitation to think about how our daily actions influence the world around us -Says ilaria congiu -. I wanted to tell the stories of those who live the sea closely, those who saw it change and especially those who fight to protect the environment. The sea is not only an ecosystem, but also a part of us, of our identity ».
A stifling ocean
Breath tells the environmental crisis of the seas through the eyes of those who live it every day. Under this, the director himself and her father, connected by a long experience in the field.
Congiu builds a path of consciousness that affects three countries and requires the environmental and social consequences of non -durable production models.
The film unfolds between Italy, Tunisia and Senegal, countries united by the same marine fate: an overlap, polluted and silent for decades of intensive fish and neglect.
I “Sons of the Sea”: Witnesses to the crisis
In the middle of the story are the testimonies of the “Sons of the Sea”: Fishermen, activists and coastal communities struck by a change that threatens their survival.
The director is about complex themes such as industrial fishing, thepollution of the seabed And the effects of global warming on coastal ecosystems and biodiversity.
A journey between past and present
Raised in Senegal, daughter of an entrepreneur in the fishing sector, has lived between docks, boats and fish networks since childhood.
The sea was companion and refuge for her. But over time he started to perceive the growing silence, the absence of life, the irreversible loss.
That feeling of emptiness led her to think about the role of her family in the exhaustion of the oceans and to start an inner and documentary research.
The awareness of a non -durable system
The journey that arises crosses three nations. Along the way the director meets five important witnesses, coupled with the sea through survival, struggle and resistance stories.
Their stories create a clear picture of the contradictions between predatory economy, family tradition and research into the sustainability of the environment.
Congiu is not limited to observation, but exposes itself from first hand. Dialogue with his father, he collects doubts and reflections and integrates them into his work.
“I started writing that day”
From an early age he received rigorous environmental education: the penalties were linked to respect for resources, such as the simple gesture to eliminate the light.
Remember the small sharks on the seabed with emotion, disappeared today. Their absence becomes a symbol of the Marine destruction Silent and constant.
Participate in missions of Sea dress In the Mediterranean, he experienced the ecosystem wounds on the front line. There he discovered the cages for the tuna, which he illegally believed.
And he felt a tuna in the cage himself, reveals “Cinemaitaliano.info”. ‘I started writing that day -The text that then became a movie -, Four years were needed “the director tells.
Collective responsibility
The first intention was to concentrate on traditional and illegal fishing. Congiu wondered how a fisherman can go against the rules. The answers he found led him further: to a collective assumption of responsibility.
A documentary that wants to build and not want to scare
The goal is not to provide or warn data. He wants to show the beauty of the sea, tell it in a new, accessible, playful and constructive way.
“Looking at the documentaries about climate change gave me fear. I couldn’t finish them. I wanted to create something that left hope”, “ Explains.
The reactions in the festivals reflect different cultural sensitivities. In Europe they told her that they were too optimistic. In Africa they found the catastrophic.
“This shows how different we are in observing the risk and the future. And how urgent it is to talk about it”, Congiu concludes.
A silent call to save the sea
Breath is not only a movie, but a silent cry that crosses the waves. He invites everyone to stop, listen and act. Before it’s too late.
