Squeezed like lemons. Italy in crisis
Description
The economic crisis and consequences of the strict austerity policies have hit the Italian people hard. Tax offices are being occupied while business people are taking their own lives in despair. We document the current mood in Italy from the point of view of those whose existence is threatened by this crisis. Giorgia Frasacco, 33, is determined to save her family's company from bankruptcy after her father killed himself. In her spare time, she runs a support group for the families of business people who, like her father, committed suicide in the last months. Franca Stefani, 37, has been unemployed for over a year and is trying to raise her six year old daughter on 250€ a month while Piero Lospi, 47, recently lost his job. He struggles to adapt to this new reality and feels he has lost his dignity, social recognition and the sense of having a useful role in society. Finally, Gian Luca Brambilla, 50, runs a consulting business specializing in cutting costs in big companies. His problem is not getting work but being paid and his clients owe him almost an entire year's turnover. We follow our protagonists for several month, interweaving their stories.
Runtime
52 min
Subjects
Geography
Genre
Date of Publication
2013
Database
Alexander Street
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