Il Monte delle Formiche (2017)

Name: Il Monte delle Formiche
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2019-01-07T09:29:31+01:00
Rating: 1.75

Documentary | 63 minutes

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Genre: Documentary

Duration: 63 minuten

Alternative title: The Mount of Ants

Country: Italy

Directed by: Riccardo Palladino

Starst: Franca Maurizzi, Violette Maillard and Silvana Strocchi

IMDb score: 5,8 (11)

Releasedate: 21 August 2017

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Il Monte delle Formiche plot

For centuries, countless swarms of winged ants have been arriving on the Mountain of Ants on September 8. Similar to clouds veiling the sky, these tiny insects mate in a beautiful flight followed by the death of all the males, who crash exhausted into the courtyard of the mountaintop church, once called "Santa Maria Formicarum". The mating flight burns like an ecstatic apparition before the eyes of the curious, tourists and faithful, who arrive here every year to admire and celebrate this festival dedicated to the "Virgin of the Mountain of Ants".