Il Capo (The Chief)...a film by Yuri Ancarani - Opens in a new windowA marble quarry in the Carrara region of the Apuan Alps, in Northwest Italy is the setting for this beautiful short film by Yuri Ancarani.
“Marble quarries are places so unbelievable and striking, they almost feel like they are big theaters or sets,” says Yuri Ancarani, the filmmaker behind today’s excerpt from the documentary, Il Capo (The Chief), which follows a quarry boss as he guides his men through the extraction process, using a silent language of gesture and sign.
“I was so taken by the chief. How he can move gigantic marble blocks, but his own movements are light”