Beautiful Country (Biutiful Cauntri) (15)
Director: Esmeralda Calabria, Andrea D’Ambrosio and Giuseppe Ruggiero, 2007, Italy, 73min
Venue: Barbican Centre Screen 3
UK Premiere
Part of A Conversation in Europe at LIDF with the Barbican.
Toxic waste, illegally dumped near farms and crops, is killing farmers and their cattle and poisoning Italy’s beautiful Campania region.
A single officer in charge of environmental protection tries to cut through the bureaucracy and corruption to find out who is responsible and how it can be stopped.
Followed by a panel-led discussion.
TICKETS
£6.50 from Barbican box office
Tel: 020 7638 8891
www.barbican.org.uk
