The Era of Giants

Italian documentary illustrating the xylella virus devastation of the olive-growing flora in Apulia by the xylella virus. In Apulia, a region in south-eastern Italy, the most serious botanical pandemic of the century is underway: a quarantine bacterium, Xylella Fastidiosa, is killing millions of olive trees. Disrupting landscape, economy and human relations. The Era of Giants narrates Giuseppe’s journey to his father’s land, in the Plain of the Monumental Olive Trees, where the epidemic is imminent. He will have to explain to the old farmer how their lives will be disrupted by this invisible bacterium, hitherto unknown in Italy.

Directors

Davide Barletti, Lorenzo Conte

Written by

Davide Barletti, Lorenzo Conte, Roberto Greco, Stefano Martella

Produced by

Davide Barletti, Ivan D'Ambrosio

Editor

Domenico De Orsi

Sound Designer

Giuseppe D'Amato

Studio

Dinamo Film

Origin country

Italy

Runtime

1h 13m

Language

it

Also known as

The Time of the Giants