Colour, outside day, Teramo (1973): the son of the cinematographer posing with the dog. Interior (in the house, in Teramo, 1969): a lunch between friends, the women are eating and talking; shots of the flat: the plants, the television, the Christmas tree; the cinematographer’s son reading a comic strip sitting on the floor and playing with a small pair of binoculars; close-up on the child’s face; one of the cinematographer’s daughters studying in the room; various shots of objects decorating the house. Colour, exterior day, the Teramo railway station and the wittorina.
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Colour, exterior day: the filmmaker’s son posing with other children; a Sunday trip to L’Aquila: various shots of the church of San Bernardino and the Basilica of Santa Maria di Collemaggio; shots of a married couple just out of church and posing with relatives for photographs.
Colour, external day, aunt’s secular wedding in Teramo: the bride and groom posing with relatives. Colour inside the home: the set table. Colour, outside day: children posing in the garden; the bride chats with relatives. Construction work in the Gammarana district of Teramo: the bulldozer at work; shot of the railway from afar and the train passing by with the puff of steam. More shots during the wedding reception: the bride and groom in the garden. (1970) the filmmaker’s son in the courtyard playing with a little girl; the grandparents are also with them.
Colour, exterior day: the filmmaker’s son playing in the backyard with the turkeys; the child in the Torano countryside; the filmmaker’s wife with the child; village children posing in front of the camera; the filmmaker’s wife hanging out the laundry on the rope; shots of the dog running across a field sheep grazing; children posing in the vegetable garden; the aunt at the wash-house washing clothes; close-up of the woman’s smiling face; the grandmother posing alone and with the children; the cinematographer’s daughter lighting a cigarette and smoking with other women.
Colour, exterior day, the cinematographer’s son in Torano (Te), in the courtyard, playing with the dog; the child wears an ‘apron’; the cinematographer’s daughters with their little brother; the child in the farmyard with the animals: hens, turkeys and dog; with the cinematographer’s son there are other children and his grandfather; an elderly woman from the village the woman is wearing a coral necklace and a handkerchief on her head; some villagers and children in the village posing; various shots of the cinematographer’s son; the child posing with his father; the grandparents with another of the grandchildren in their arms.
Colour, interior (COMMENT AND SOUND COLUMNS ADDED), the filmmaker’s visit to his Abruzzese friends who had emigrated to Toronto: dinner at the friend’s house, various shots of traditional Abruzzese dishes; a visit to the home of other Italian friends; a walk in Toronto’s High Park and various shots of the park; shots of the neighbourhood where one of the filmmaker’s friends lives, boys playing baseball in the street; cars parked under the house.
Colour, exterior day: visit to the Italian quarter of Toronto, various shots: Giovanni Lombardi’s radio station, bars, restaurants, Italian shops; shots of the motorway and the Canadian number plate of a car; visit to the racecourse, various shots inside the racecourse during the horse races; the crowded stands. Colour, exterior day, departure of friends Gabriele and Gina for the United States and Venezuela; camera car shots of the road on the way to Toronto airport; a plane standing on the runway.
Colour, exterior day: camera car shots of the neighbourhood where the Abruzzese friends live; at the home of the Italian friends in the small suburb of Richmond Hill in Toronto; an outdoor barbecue in the backyard; various shots of the family in the backyard; more shots of the Richmond Hill neighbourhood; women on swings; views of the friends’ house.
B/w, exterior day: the filmmaker’s wife in the snow-covered municipal villa in Teramo with some friends, games and jokes in the snow, again the filmmaker’s wife walking through the snow-covered streets. B/w, outside day: the filmmaker’s daughter plays with a small electric car, various shots of the little girl in the front yard; the little girl in the street with her mother, first steps between a row of cars parked along the street.
CAPTION: FERRAGOSTO 1956 – TREMITI ISLANDS. B/w, exterior day: the filmmaker’s wife in the street with some friends, various shots of the group in the boat and of the filmmaker’s wife, more shots of the group this time on a rowboat, panoramic view of the landscape; moments of relaxation of the group in a forest, the filmmaker’s wife walking through the dense vegetation of the island, more shots on board the boat.