By Jamie Lang Premiering Saturday, April 25 and running through May 2 at the digital edition of the Visions du Réel documentary festival, Swiss director Daniel Kemény’s “Sòne” is the autobiographical tale of a filmmaker who realized that sometimes you can go home, even if it’s not the home you remember.
20 years after moving away from Pietrapaola in Calabria, southern Italy, Kemény returns to the now nearly barren streets of a village that was home to nearly 20,000 inhabitants when he last lived there.
Now it’s home to just over 200. Using mountainous vistas, local music, ambient sounds and stories told by an intriguing teller who helps keep alive the oral traditions of a world whose popular traditions are dying off, Kemény brings life
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