The second of three programmes Introduced by Humphrey Burton The Madonna and the Volcano
The countryside around Naples has the most powerful folk traditions in Italy. The Virgin is worshipped in rituals which come directly from pagan times and twice a year the blood of San Gennaro liquifies before the congregation of Naples Cathedral.
This film gives an impression of this extraordinary world, its wild and passionate music and describes how one man, ROBERTO DI SIMONE , has transformed this music into one of the most successful entertainments of modern Italy, the NUOVA COMPAGNIA DI CANTO POPOLARE
Photography JOHN HOOPER Sound DICK MANTON
Film editor ANDREW PAGE Director MICHAEL RADFORD
Executive producer BARRIE GAVIN