Panda-monium
per square mile. It's an unusual phenomenon that's led Fiat to release a documentary about the people and the Pandas of Pantelleria., and if you're looking to broaden your horizons with a foreign-language film, then skip the Oscar-winning documentaries and give this 30-minute short a look.
"What's with all the Pandas, you ask?" says one of the documentary's subjects, a winemaker and mechanic. "We disassemble them every day, we have a million Pandas [on] the island. We have only Pandas here."Perhaps not quite a million, but Pantelleria is truly infested with Pandas. All three generations. Watching a boxy 1980s Panda 4x4 getting flung down a rural gravel road in truly Italian fashion helps the viewer start to understand why this is.
The documentary was directed by award-winning Italian filmmaker Giovanni Troilo, who previously won acclaim for his portrayal of the people of Rome and those who live in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius. The film features a series of vignettes of farmers, foragers, mechanics, a restaurateur, a beekeeper, and even a spiritual guide to show how the Panda is simply a part of everyday life on the island.Tourists to Pantelleria are all but guaranteed a Panda-centric experience.
Introduced in 1979, the Panda wore bodywork penned by Giorgetto Giugiaro. It was among his most beloved designs.Simple, square, and powered by a pint-size engine, the original Panda—like those that followed it—was unpretentious and practical. More than four million Pandas were sold throughout the first-generation car's 23-year production run. Three generations in and more than 40 years later, the Fiat Panda remains one of the best-selling vehicles in Italy.
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