WHAT WE’RE WATCHING
Yacht builder Riva grew from humble beginnings. Back in 1842, a storm on Italy’s Lake Iseo nearly wiped out the entire fishing fleet. Young shipwright Pietro Riva was quick to react and spent long starts as Pierfrancesco Favino crosses Piazza San Marco just before dawn, in moonlight filtering through an evocative fog, and boards an Aquariva runabout. His goal is to navigate through Venice’s canals to deliver a mysterious mahogany object to an equally mysterious recipient. We won’t spoil the plot of the short film, which debuted at the Venice Film Festival in September and should make its way to streaming services in the next few months.
