Horkos
By Marta Anatra (France, 2023, 1h03) – VOSTFR
In Portoscuso, a small village in southern Sardinia, great promises were made in the late 1960s. Decades later, the metallurgical industrial complex has almost ceased operations, and unemployment is very high. With no possibility of returning to an agro-pastoral economy due to contamination of the land and sea, the inhabitants do their best to maintain a link with the place where they live. “I film this land full of ghosts, and I film Fabrizio, a
former inhabitant, trying to reconstruct a broken narrative. But it’s through the eyes of the villagers that I understand that this place is possessed by the curse of Horkos, the Greek demon of false promises. An orchid grows, fragile and powerful” Marta Anatra
Official selection 2024: Focus on the environment
By Marta Anatra (France, 2023, 1h03) – VOSTFR
In Portoscuso, a small village in southern Sardinia, great promises were made in the late 1960s. Decades later, the metallurgical industrial complex has almost ceased operations, and unemployment is very high. With no possibility of returning to an agro-pastoral economy due to contamination of the land and sea, the inhabitants do their best to maintain a link with the place where they live. “I film this land full of ghosts, and I film Fabrizio, a
former inhabitant, trying to reconstruct a broken narrative. But it’s through the eyes of the villagers that I understand that this place is possessed by the curse of Horkos, the Greek demon of false promises. An orchid grows, fragile and powerful” Marta Anatra
Official selection 2024: Focus on the environment