The success of the docufilm “La Zùite” written by Luciano Albore and Sabino Matera is confirmed

Delivering to the new generations a frank and lively representation of the culture, religiosity and traditions of a past that cannot remain a faded memory is the purpose of the docufilm “La Zùite”, written by Luciano Albore and Sabino Matera. Following the extraordinary success achieved in previous years, both in the cinemas of the Rome Multiplex, in Andria, and in the city of Hoboken, in New Jersey, in the United States, the film with an entirely Andria flavor, after years, has continued to assure the usual success. A roar of applause, in fact, echoed in the 1st Vicolo Ruggero Bonghi, near the San Nicola church, the historic place where it was screened on 25, 26 and 28 April, in Andria, as part of the 587th cultural event of ” The April Fair”, the feature film in local dialect directed by Umberto Sardella and with the participation of Sabino Matera, Silvia Marmo, Francesco Turi, Umberto Sardella, Giustina Buonomo, Franco De Giglio, Antonello Ricci and Piero De Lucia.

The project, all made in Puglia and from an independent production “La Zùit”, tells the story of a marriage from other times, paying homage to the old origins, between the 60s and the early 70s. Traditions, cultures, crafts of the time, customs and traditions enclosed in a container that led the authors to write a script full of values. Set in Andria there is excitement in the street: it is the day of the zùite (“of the bride” or the day of the wedding). A marriage between two young people, Gina and Nicola, which takes place according to the most genuine popular tradition, in a city still populated by characteristic figures such as the milkman, the knife grinder, the shoemaker, the lupine seller, the oil seller. Since Nicola sent “u mëzzèinë” to ask for Gina’s hand, everything takes place according to a precise ritual: the fiancée received “u chëngirtë” (a set of earrings, necklace and bracelet) from her in-laws, she carefully washed and ironed the kit to display it to relatives and neighbors and is finally ready to seal before the Lord, in the solemnity of the rite celebrated in church, the pact of love that will lead to the birth of a new family. A narrative that is a document of how we were, which like a precious treasure chest is part of the greatest heritage of our popular traditions, thus contributing to the development of a sense of belonging and to defining our cultural identity.