Ammirati (Rai): “Fire in Stromboli big wound, islanders will decide whether to broadcast it”

Syracuse, 13 April. (Adnkronos) – “We too, as a public service, experienced what happened in Stromboli as a great drama. Killing a person or harming the environment or animals is the same. The ecosystem is hurt. I think we have to find a way out of what has also been a big problem for Rai. And the way out is to understand how this series was made, which is very beautiful, and let’s understand if the people of Strombola like it first of all, and then let’s understand if Italy can see it. Because they will see the beauties.” Maria Pia Ammirati, director of Rai Fiction, said this on the sidelines of the General States of Cinema underway in Syracuse. Tomorrow the leaders of Rai fiction will meet the mayor of Lipari, Riccardo Gullo, in Stromboli to outline the methods for the “private viewing” of the drama on Protection from which the fire of the vegetation on the island started on 25 May 2022, also putting the safety of the inhabitants at risk.

The director Maria Pia Ammirati and the deputy Ivan Carlei will be present. The meeting follows the one held by the mayor with the population, during which the majority of Stromboli expressed themselves favorably regarding the proposal put forward by Rai to the municipal administration to screen the film “behind closed doors” on Stromboli and only for its inhabitants. Screening which – according to Rai, as reported by the mayor – has the intention of making Strombola residents decide, once they have seen the finished product, whether it is appropriate to broadcast it, with the belief that it is a good promotion for the island .

“We are asking them to show it first that it is right and then they will decide, this is the utmost respect. It seems difficult to me that he doesn’t like her. It’s a big wound. I am convinced that this is a service for everyone,” she says. “Stromboli doesn’t need to be known, because the Aeolian Islands have been the stage for something else but Stromboli is so beautiful it’s worth it. Let’s hear what they say, they are the ones who have suffered a great wound. We must not only apologize but understand what it means for them to overcome that moment, regardless of what the judiciary decides.”

“We are building a beautiful story – he continues – that talks about mature women, no longer just girls. It’s called ‘Whales’ and it’s a story of three great actresses, of a certain age, they will invent a way not only to make friends with each other but above all they will become detectives. We are on the hunt for new characters every day”.

“Together with a character who is often female, because women work so well, we manage to sell a very profound identity of our country which is Italianness. Every day we invent characters we are never still. Just think of Mina Settembre, Imma Tataranni and Lolita Lobosco”.