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Elysian Fields

Campi Elisi

Anna-Maria Dutoit

28' /

Germany,

Greece

/ 2025

Tending to their ancient olive grove, threatened by fire and drought in the Greek mountains near Delphi, may feel for this father and son like the fate of Sisyphus, the king condemned by the gods to push a boulder up a hill only to see it roll back down each time he reaches the top. The olive-growing family lives in fear that the wildfires, carried by the wind and which recently devastated the region, may reach their grove. They also worry about the persistent lack of rainfall that is drying out the land. Yet their olive grove is as beautiful as the Elysian Fields, the paradise of ancient Greek myth. In this “paradise,” the two seek solutions and always manage to find the strength to begin again. Even the son, torn between staying to carry on the work passed down for generations and leaving for something new, seems rooted to the land by a deep bond that is hard to break.