Memoria del Fuego

a film by Francesco Clerici

Memoria del Fuego is a short documentary directed by Francesco Clerici that gets lost in the rhythms, sounds and atmospheres of a Cuban cigar factory in Estelì, Nicaragua.

Produced by Gaby Ramsperger, Andrea Randazzo, Fabio Saitto

Executive Producer Jon Barrenechea

Directed by Francesco Clerici

Subject and Treatment Francesco Clerici

Editor Francesco Clerici

Director of Photography Francesco Clerici

Sound Mattia Pontremoli

a Production Point Nemo

Production Manager Freddy Hernandez Castro

Illustrations Hana Tintor

Year of Production 2018

Time and Genre 5 minuti / Documentario

Language Spagnolo

A short documentary inspired by Eduardo Galeano

Memoria del fuego by Francesco Clerici tells of a creation process as simple as it is fascinating: the production of Cuban cigars in a factory in Estelí, Nicaragua. The realization takes time and patience.

Dirty hands that cut, roll up (invent it), weave, calibrate, align. A magnetic, hypnotic and rigorous short film, made up of fixed planes and seductive rhythmic suggestions, between industrial documentary, observational journey and visual poetry.

A process that is lost in time and is indissolubly intertwined with the uninterrupted struggle against colonialism.