Fiore Mio

Climate change is leaving its mark worldwide. So too in the Italian Alps. One of the region’s permanent residents is writer and documentary filmmaker Paolo Cognetti. Daily, he observes how the mountains, glaciers, and natural life in this region are changing. When a major drought dried up the water source in his hometown Estoul in 2022, he decided to record the changing reality in the Italian Alps. Together with his dog Laki, Cognetti treks to his favourite mountain range: Monte Rosa, located between Piedmont, the Aosta Valley and Switzerland. They meet the people who have made this mountain range their home and reflect on the question of what the future holds. The question seems to be not how we can save the mountains, but how the mountains could save us.