In the picturesque, cliffside villages of Cinque Terre on Italy’s northern Riviera, fewer than three thousand locals contend with over four million tourists each summer. Across one chaotic season, we meet an array of local characters torn between community and the economy that sustains them and two Chicagoan influencers in search of content. Gar O’Rourke (Sanatorium) tells a surprisingly tender story of paradise under pressure in the age of rampant tourism.

Gar O’Rourke will join a post-screening Q&A.

Notes by Sunniva O’Flynn

Screening as part of the IFI Documentary Festival 2026.