SYNOPSIS 
Along the red line of the Milan underground, the Porta Venezia station reveals itself in its ancient identity of Porta Orientale, that is, an overlap and a doubling of meaning occur; on one side, the Porta Venezia stop, a transit and post - modern place; on the other, the Eastern Gate, modern and narrative.
The Eastern Door is what in anthropology is defined as a survival, a forgotten and no longer functional residue, which however remains…
In this place of silence and half-light, a guiding figure appears, a "keeper of memory", who brings out an unprecedented Milan.
Everything is real, no stage lights. Live sound and ambient noises mark the time of exploration involving the viewer in a slow but definitive immersion in another space.
As if to say, the Eastern Gate is a symbol, the essential is invisible to the eye.
 

ITALY / 2006/10 '
DIRECTOR: Matteo Giacomelli
PRODUCTION: EMMEGIPROD

FESTIVAL AND EXHIBITIONS
XIII Libero Bizzarri Prize - City, Architecture, Territories section: First Prize, 2006
XVIII Fano International Film Festival, 2006
15th Video Festival di Canzo, Documentary Section: Second Prize, 2006