Notturno develops a theme the director dealt with in his previous film, Fire at Sea. That film focused on the migration crisis, as observed from the shores of Lampedusa, where boats with refugees were docking day after day. This time Rosi goes in the opposite direction: to the Middle East, to places abandoned by people seeking refuge. For three years, he travelled with his camera along the borders of Iraq, Kurdistan, Lebanon, and Syria, filming the inhabitants of a region hard hit by history. In his documentary essay, he depicts, in a poignant and evocative way, life in anticipation of yet another drama: unending uncertainty in a world of cyclical disasters. Silent, but with a brilliant soundtrack, Rosi’s film plays in its own way with the notion of a nocturne - a romantic poem or a painting placed in a night-time setting.

Notturno

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