Title: Cloud man

genre: Documentary
lenght: 54’
country of origin: italy
year of production: 2009
Format: Digital Betacam, v.o. it. sott. english

director:
stefano mordini

Subject AND SCREENPLAY:
stefano mordini, mauro bartoli, Laura e Silvia Pettini

Cast:
Professore Emilio Del Giudice ricercatore Fisica Teorica;
Professore Franco Prodi – prof. ordinario di Fisica dell'Atmosfera Università Ferrara ed ISAC-CNR Bologna;
Professore Gabriele Falciasecca - Presidente Fondazione G. Marconi, prof. ordinario Università Bologna;
Bernardo Iovene giornalista Report – RAITRE
James de Meo Ph.D (Oregon)
Teresita Ighina

archives:
Istituto Luce – Rai Teche – Fondazione Guglielmo Marconi

Music:
Rosario di bella

photography:
Luca Esposito e MAuro Chiarello Ciardo

editing:
Francesca Vaschetti

executive production:
Laura e Silvia Pettini

Production:
Felix Film

co-Production:
macine Film

sales:
rai due (voyager)
B4 CAPITAL SA (albania/kosovo)
CINECITTA' LUCE SPA (polonia)
TERRE SOMMERSE (Home Video- Collana gli Invisibili) (italia)

International distribution:
Rai Trade

Synopsis

Scientist Guglielmo Marconi, soon before his death, developed revolutionary theories that were kept strictly confidential. The only tracks of them can be found in some statements made by Benito Mussolini. However, there is a man who was an unofficial assistant of the scientist, a co-worker with fertile ideas and creative experiments, the one and only witness of the mysterious Marconi’s work.

This man is Pier Luigi Ighina. Pier Luigi Ighina, founder of Centro Internazionale Studi Magnetici, in Imola, continued the work started with Marconi and he dedicated all his life to discovering “The Magnetic Atom” the promoter of other atoms, able to make variations of physical matters. A lot of scientists were interested in his work and is considered revolutionary by some of them.

Pier Luigi Ighina lived in Imola from 1936, in a big house-laboratory near the racing track, surrounded by imposing and colourful equipment capable of extraordinary things – some which could even control the atmospheric conditions. He always said that he was responsible for the rain that often caused problems to the Formula 1 races.

Local and national networks were interested in his eccentric theories for many years, because he was a strange character, the stereotypical crazy doctor. In January 2004, after having spent more than eighty years on experiments and studies, Pier Luigi Ighina died.

The authoritative science believe his theories to be absurd and not worth being taken into consideration. Appearance and reality. Madness and genius. Scientific theory and fantastic imagination. Parallel opposites, sometimes divided by the slightest thing, as it is sufficient to change the point of view and everything becomes confused.

In this free zone where everything is created and destroyed at the same time, with his boundaries being pushed and then reduced, Ighina’s story takes place.

In fact when his machinery came into operation something inexplicable happened…For this reason some researchers are carrying on with Ighina’s work in other parts of the world.

Festival:

Imola Film Festival
Imola, 1 - 4 october 2009 - Teatro dell’Osservanza

13° Genova Film Festival
Genova, 29 june - 4 july 2010 – in competition


public screenings:

RAI 2 - premiere Italy's tv
13 may 2009

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