To describe Il Palio as a horse race is to liken Table Mountain to an inconsequential hillock. Held in the very heart of medieval Siena, Italy, this ancient annual event inspires extreme commitment, dedication, and emotion, but mostly indomitable pride. Although incredibly dangerous, this battle is not fought between the jockeys; it’s an event that binds the community, pitching them into passionate inter-city rivalry through a fierce display of pageantry. At three treacherous laps of the tiny Piazza del Campo, the race lasts less than a minute, but it disrupts daily life for six weeks, and devastates the losing districts for years. This moving and lively film follows the devotion and hope of 92-year-old dignitary Egidio, the stable hand, and the Capitano of the contrada of Civetta, unfurling the story as the tangible excitement grows.