Vittorio Colantuono is 90 years old and was born in Villanova del Battista. “In the countryside”, not “in the village”, as he himself points out. And it is in the countryside that she has always lived, dividing her childhood between school and work hours.

Vittorio loves having a hearty breakfast and then eating directly for dinner, perhaps mindful of his peasant youth when he got up very early and, to get strong, he ate abundantly, then waiting for the evening to have dinner calmly and refresh himself from fatigue.

He doesn’t drink wine, he doesn’t love him. Instead, he loves beer, in addition to water and coffee. He likes reading more than watching TV. He reads the newspapers, but “not every day” because – according to him – those interviewed, especially the politicians, are all liars.

Interview by: Helga Sanità
Video by: Enzo Pascolo and Gaetano d’Antonio. Editing by: Paolo Barone NFI
Subtitles by: Antonio Puzzi and Rossella Galletti
Document by: Antonio Puzzi
Translate by: Antonio Puzzi
MedEatResarch – Center of Social Research on the Mediterranean Diet of the University of Naples Suor Orsola Benincasa, head by Marino Niola and Elisabetta Moro
Created: 27-08-2019
Vittorio Colantuono

Vittorio Colantuono

Year: 1929
City: Villanova del Battista (AV)
Profession: Farmer
Language: Italian

Video table of contents

00.00 – 01.28 A hearty breakfast and a pleasant dinner
01.28 – 02.32 A youth "on the way" from school to the countryside
02.32 – 03.50 Newspapers and TV? They are all liars!

Geographic information

Country: IT
Region: Campania
City: Villanova del Battista
District: AV
Altitude: 742 m. s.l.m.