(by Marzia Apice) (ANSA) – ROME, NOV 22 – “The unexpected always enters our lives. It can be an illness, a love, a bereavement, or a ship, as happened with the Costa Concordia or even a pandemic : if there is one thing that the island of Giglio has taught me it is precisely the importance of the sense of community and its strength.
Only together can we overcome the problems. “It is a very intense emotionally intense narration, both choral and private, the one that Matteo Caccia proposes in his” Il mondo addosso “, the Audible Original podcast available from 22 November, a Mismaonda production for Audible Original with the sound design by Luca Micheli, in which the author returns to the shipwreck of the Costa Concordia through the stories of the inhabitants of Giglio. 10 years after the tragedy, which occurred on 13 January 2012 after the ship hit a rock 500 meters from the port of ‘Isola del Giglio, causing a gap of 70 meters in the hull, the author then recalls that dramatic event, to tell not so much the news, but an unprecedented point of view, that of the inhabitants of a place between sky and sea of course separated from the rest of the world. At the center of the 10 episodes, each of 50 minutes, there are the souls and reactions of those who that evening, despite finding themselves in front of something unexpected, nevertheless knew how to and to act promptly, with force but above all following the heart: simple people, of common sense, who usually live in the confusion of tourism and crowds only in summer, and then for the rest of the year they find themselves alone, in peace. “800 people live at Giglio in winter, they are seafarers, accustomed to rescuing and doing what needs to be done”, Matteo Caccia, who has been writing and telling stories on the radio for years, said in an interview with ANSA. “when I spoke to them, the inhabitants of the island had only one regret, that of not being able to save everyone. That evening they suffered a real invasion, with 4000 castaways landed: yet without thinking too much, they opened the houses, the church and the schools brought food and aid “. But then there was another invasion on the island, that of a communication that was often aggressive, and at times not very respectful towards those who experienced an event as terrible as it was unexpected. “The next day, the castaways were no longer there, they had been taken away, to Santo Stefano: the newspapers and television stations arrived in their place and remained for 3 months”, says the author, “when then it was a question of recovering the ship, the warheads were 400, coming from all over the world: for the Gigliesi it was an invasion, but some journalists, the more humane ones, instead became friends, and the same happened with many of the technicians who they took care of the wreck. When the Concordia died on 23 July 2014, all the inhabitants were moved, because that piece of the world that had arrived on the island together with the ship had become part of the family “. Why did you choose to tell this story again? “Because that shipwreck shocked me: I love the sea, I am a sailor, and I remember that that morning 10 years ago I read only a short article in the newspaper, because the fact had happened too late to be able to write an in-depth article in time. But when I turned on the TV there was already hell “, he says,” the story of Concordia has become a metaphor for a sinking country, but then over time I wanted to understand more, going beyond Schettino who is in prison and the business of cruise ships that seemed at risk and then came back stronger than before.
I wanted to understand what people who live on an island that has become famous all over the world thought. “In each episode, in the voice of the protagonists strong memories and emotions emerge.
How is pain told? “I’ve always wondered about it, even on the radio. I think we can talk about everything, respecting the stories and staying a step back, without stressing, without trying to give a predetermined address, but letting the story go on its own”, Caccia continues, “the podcast is a natural choice for me, I have been working with the voice for 20 years. I like to investigate it: the voice is body, it is as if it could materialize, it has no equal, not even the video has the same effect”. (HANDLE).
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