Montedoro is based on the true story of its lead actress, Pia Marie Ann. A middle-aged American woman who unexpectedly discovers her true origins only after the death of her parents. Deeply shaken, and in the grip of a real identity crisis, she decides to travel hoping to embrace her natural mother never known. She arrives in a small and remote village in southern Italy, Montedoro, where she is surprised by an apocalyptic scenario. The village, lying on a majestic hill, is completely abandoned and it seems there is no one left.

The central character and true protagonist of the movie is the ghost town of Craco, an Italian town in the province of Matera. Abandoned by its inhabitants in 1963 following a large-scale landslide by what was thought to be faulty pipe work.

Because it is dominated by the castle, Craco is an extraordinary place and a choice location for many filmmakers, including Rosi and Mel Gibson. The new center, Craco Peschiera, was built downstream. However, people of Craco, a ‘resilient community’, have moved to the other side of the mountain: a dozen houses gathered under the name of Craco. As a result, in 2007, the descendants of the emigrants of Craco formed the “Craco Society”. A non-profit organization, in the United States, which preserves the culture, traditions, and history of the place. Eventually, in 2010, Craco was included in the watch list of the World Monuments Fund.

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