Palermo: Amore e Fontane
(Palermo: Love and Fountains)
fiction/documentary/city symphony film, 27 min.
in Italian with English subtitles
by Emmy-nominated, award-winning filmmakers Marylou & Jerome Bongiorno
Two lovers, Alessandra and Francesco, meet, fall in love and explore Palermo.
And while their love unfolds, the film celebrates the history, culture, and storytelling traditions of Palermo,
the capital of Sicily. The film is in the genre of city symphony films that emerged in the 1920s.
The film showcases classic literature from Homer to Boccaccio to Giovanni Verga;
music inspired by opera to contemporary jazz; historic monuments that include churches, piazzas, fountains
and religious icons like Palermo's patron saint Santa Rosalia;
contemporary Sicilian poetry; and foods from the famed and ancient BallarĂ² Market
with its explosion of colors of eggplants and lemons, images of seafood, cheeses, sizzling meats
and traditional street food like arancini and panelle, and tantalizing cannoli desserts.