Below the Clouds

VENICE, TORONTO

Documaker Gianfranco Rosi returns to his native Italy for this stunningly shot look at life at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, then and now. The film surveys Pompeii’s prized ruins; ventures into the tunnels beneath them, dug by tomb robbers selling antiquities on the black market; hovers over the Gulf of Naples to reveal a region in danger if Vesuvius ever erupts again; visits a call center as residents fear the worst after an earthquake; and hops back outside to find local youths setting fire to the streets. It’s a portrait of a place forever on the brink of disaster. — JORDAN MINTZER

VENICE, TORONTO

Documaker Gianfranco Rosi returns to his native Italy for this stunningly shot look at life at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, then and now. The film surveys Pom

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