Influx as a flow of people, minds, ideas, energies, hopes, Italian lives
influence is the title of the first documentary on the life of Italians in London made by Luca Vullo, an Italian director who has personally investigated and documented the issue of Italian emigration.
Over time he found himself packing his suitcase, transplanting himself to another country and living in a city chosen by thousands of his compatriots whom he met, listened to and knew every day. And he began to realize that he was part of an influx in fact. A new emigration. A contemporary, fresh, young and mass emigration characterized by hope and from the search for a better future. These are the reasons that push any migrant to leave their home and challenge the uncertain.
Why does this influx of people leave Italy to reach London?
The period we are experiencing is a particular contemporary historical moment for Italian emigration, which is on a frightening increase. While England is thinking of strategies to limit entry. Why then does this influx of valid ideas and minds leave Italy to reach London?
Is it the desire for a second chance? Influx investigates the phenomenon, photographs the reality of this precise moment and tries to give answers.
Half a million lives who have embarked on an adventure that is worth a lifetime. Their. Lives that flow under the gray sky of a city where it rains a lot but which often gives opportunities that have remained orphaned of perspectives in the mother country.
Influx: a photograph of the beautiful country in London
The protagonists of the documentary are the Italians both in front of and behind the cameras. Italians who have lived in London, who are currently living there or who are about to arrive. Italians who have started a family in London without ever giving up their Italian spirit.
Influx's main goal is to take a photograph of Italy in London. To understand the reasons why the Italians have moved to London or why they are thinking of doing so.
Co-star of the documentary is London itself. Everything is set in this city where the Italian micro and macrocosm move. Furthermore, the teams, sponsors and cultural partners are exclusively Italian.
Influx is an independent project of which Luca Vallo is the author, director and producer together with EmProduction and Ondemotive, both of which he created. Due to its social and cultural value, it will have the cultural patronage of the Consulate General, the Embassy and the Italian Cultural Institute.
Who are these “Italians from London”?
The Italians are a people that are difficult to categorize. We are a vast, varied, varied world that makes your tone of voice heard both positively and negatively. A people never banal to which many qualities are recognized abroad in terms of pluses. We know how to invent ourselves, reinvent ourselves and find different solutions to various problems. We are a nation that does not just act as a spectator but makes its presence felt. Once he crosses the borders, he rediscovers the importance of the sense of community, patriotism and the desire to huddle and find himself in a more Italian atmosphere.
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