Article by Elena Sartore

Translation by Virginia Milazzo

An old man is sitting in his studio, reading a periodical: news from the Middle East. He comments on them, visibly in distress, then surrenders himself to something merrier: music. He’s Emilio Jona, 98 years old, a member of the Italian folk band “Cantacronache”, to whom Stefano Di Polito dedicated his documentary Nel blu dipinti di rosso, presented to the 43rd edition of the Torino Film Festival.