Francesco Mansutti

Angelo Dibona did not usually talk much about himself. A question of style, we would say, 'Dibona’s style', of course. Other people have written and talked about him: his clients and fellow-climbers, some of them famous and distinguished including Belgian royalty and the great Guido Mayer who wrote: 'Dibona is the best climber in the world'. Fifty years after his death, through the accounts of Lino Lacedelli, Carlo Gandini and Enrico Lacedelli and by looking at some ascents freed by Dibona in the Dolomites and in Delfinato, this film aims to be a tribute to a unique protagonist of mountaineering in the first half of the 20th century.

This film retraces 70 years of the climbing group Scoiattoli di Cortina (The Cortina Squirrels). First-hand accounts and wonderful contemporary footage tell the story of people and mountains, mountaineering and life, happiness and grief, against the backdrop of a slowly changing Cortina d'Ampezzo. Generations, mountaineering, climbing... all change, yet a strong bond links past and present: love for the mountains, climbing, the Dolomites and home. Over their 70-year history, this love has enabled the Scioattoli di Cortina not only to maintain their identity, but also to progress and look towards new horizons, to the extent that they have become a symbol of the town of Cortina and its mountains.