The fictional town of Pietramezzana is not all that fictional, its name being a mix of two real towns located in the province of Potenza where the film was shot: Pietrapertosa and Castelmezzano. The two towns are linked by the ‘Angel Flight’, which involves travelling along a steel cable 1000m above the ground, and offers a unique view of the breathtaking landscape of the Lucanian Dolomites. Castelmezzano, which has been named as one of the “most beautiful villages in Italy”, is a tangle of medieval alleyways and houses with sandstone roofs. Pietrapertosa is structured in a similar way; it too is medieval and protected by the rocks it was built on.
The film’s locations also include the Pertosa-Auletta Caves, a network of underground cavities located in Pertosa in the province of Salerno, where the entrance to the disused mine, once the pride and joy of Pietramezzana, was reconstructed.
The fictional town of Pietramezzana is not all that fictional, its name being a mix of two real towns located in the province of Potenza where the film was shot: Pietrapertosa and Castelmezzano. The two towns are linked by the ‘Angel Flight’, which involves travelling along a steel cable 1000m above the ground, and offers a unique view of the breathtaking landscape of the Lucanian Dolomites. Castelmezzano, which has been named as one of the “most beautiful villages in Italy”, is a tangle of medieval alleyways and houses with sandstone roofs. Pietrapertosa is structured in a similar way; it too is medieval and protected by the rocks it was built on.
The film’s locations also include the Pertosa-Auletta Caves, a network of underground cavities located in Pertosa in the province of Salerno, where the entrance to the disused mine, once the pride and joy of Pietramezzana, was reconstructed.
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Pietrapertosa (PZ)
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Fabio Volo - Railway station at Taccone (MT)
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Silvio Orlando - Castelmezzano (PZ)
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Nando Paone, Carlo Buccirosso - Pietrapertosa (PZ)
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Fabio Volo, Silvio Ornando - Road between Castelmezzano and Pietrapertosa
Pietramezzana is a small town in Basilicata fighting for survival. The potential opening of a factory could solve all its problems, as long as a doctor, which the town has been missing for some time, can be found. Will the locals be willing to misrepresent themselves to appease and convince a doctor from Milan to settle down in the town.
