The Creation of Meaning(La creazione di significato)

Italy, Canada · 2014
1h 34m
Director Simone Rapisarda Casanova
Starring
Genre

Set in the breathtaking landscapes of the Apuan Alps in Tuscany, near the Gothic Line where German forces massacred hundreds of civilians before their retreat at the end of WWII. Pacifico Pieruccioni, a shepherd born just following the war, is now one of its last freedom fighters. He is being forced to abandon this life, as his very existence, suspended between the phantoms of a bloody past and the harbingers of an obscure future, must bow to the gestation of the new Europe to come (VIFF synopsis).

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Slant Magazine by Carson Lund

In the simultaneously heady and lyrical The Creation of Meaning, we're obviously implicated in that comment, as the film views the meaning-making process as something malleable and dependent on perspective.

Village Voice by Melissa Anderson

Rapisarda Casanova's film shows just how much natural splendor dominates the region, here caught at the height of estival glory.

The Hollywood Reporter by Neil Young

An uneven but promising sophomore outing for Montreal-based Italian director Simone Rapisarda Casanova.

The New York Times by Nicolas Rapold

Cutaways to nature’s splendor abound: Mists enfold the mountain; Mr. Casanova mesmerizingly holds one cross-fade from these clouds.

Variety by Ronnie Scheib

Throughout the film, the beauty of the landscapes and the totally natural insertion of human, animal and insect movement within the frame lend The Creation of Meaning a particular grace.