Like many other young people, Emanuela left her small home town, Borgosesia, first studying economics in Pavia and then making her life elsewhere. But in her 30s an encounter with Livio changed her life. Livio is a herder who spends the summers high up in the Alpe Lincée together with his mother Angelina, raising cows and goats and making Macagn cheese. Through them, Emanuela discovered the existence of another world, from another time, where the importance of family and people’s ideals, humility and genuinity have remained unchanged, in a reality far from the bustling cities. Eventually she married Livio and they began working together. For someone like her, not born into this world, the transition has not been easy, and required time and great care. But with every day that passed she became more and more convinced of her choice. Now Emanuela is 47, with two teenage children, Marco and Greta, and takes care of the business administration as well as caring for the livestock and making cheese. Livio milks the animals and also works as a woodsman. Stories like hers give hope, showing how some young people are choosing to dedicate their life to continuing the work and preserving the knowledge of previous generations, helping to protect the land on which they live.

Title: CASARA PER AMORE / A CHEESEMAKER FOR LOVE

Length: 38’

Format: HD 16:9

Director: Walter Bencini

Production: INSEKT FILM

Language: Italian