Below the Clouds (Sotto le nuvole)

Naples lives under a dormant threat. In Below the Clouds, Gianfranco Rosi (Sacro GRA, Fire at Sea) delivers a haunting portrait of a city suspended between past and future, between silence and eruption. While the ground trembles, archaeologists keep digging, residents keep hoping, and emergency services remain on alert. The documentary avoids spectacle, instead revealing a hushed reality where the past feels tangible and the future uncertain. Rosi’s camera drifts slowly and attentively through alleyways, underground passages, and faces that speak without words. With no voice-over or explanation, the images themselves tell the story: a city in waiting, a community in dialogue with nature. The threat is ever-present, yet never all-consuming. Below the Clouds is a cinematic meditation on life in a seismic landscape, where history and geology intersect and silence sometimes speaks louder than noise. A filmic mosaic of fear, memory, and resilience.