Left Matteo Nardone

Nov 16, 2024 | thebulletin.org | Gabriele Di Donfrancesco |Thomas Gaulkin |Left Matteo Nardone

In antiquity, Rome was known as Regina Aquarum, the “queen of the waters.” With its thousands of fountains, from the ever-flowing drinking taps referred to as “nasoni” to the hundreds of gushing marble statues, the city takes pride in its 24/7 show of liquid plenty. So when the Italian director Paolo Virzì showed the Tiber River completely dried up in his 2022 movie Siccità (Drought), it struck fear in the heart of Romans: One day, water might not be there.