Villaggio Eni. A pleasant stay in the future (2013)

The documentary tells of an adventure born of two extraordinary men, united in creating a social and architectural experiment unique in its kind: the Eni Village "Corte di Cadore", a tourist center conceived and designed for mountain holidays for the oil company's employees and their families. Since the early 50's, the Village has been a customary holiday location for Eni's employees and their children, an experience that left deep memories and forged the aesthetic taste and imagination of a whole generation. The film shows us never seen images of the Gellner Archives, and through the Architect's drawings, models and 16mm movies tells the extraordinary modernity of a ground-breaking designer, perhaps a little too 'asymmetric' to be understood in his time. A new generation, through the investigation of young director Davide Maffei, has the opportunity to experience what is left of the attempt to realize a precise vision of the Eni company, abruptly interrupted by the untimely death of his patron Enrico Mattei. A dream of the past or a lesson for the future?