Isabela and Luiz · May 2026
An elopement in Savoca
Isabela and Luiz came from Brazil to marry in Savoca, the village on the hills above the Ionian sea that Coppola chose for The Godfather. It was the afternoon of the fifth of May 2026, at Borgo San Rocco: the two of them, a celebrant, a violin.
Marco told it in a short film, in Portuguese, with subtitles in English and in Italian.
- Where
- Resort Borgo San Rocco, Savoca · the Ionian coast, north of Taormina
- Who was there
- Marco, on the film
The film
The day
The ceremony was celebrated in English by Ysis Leotta-Neuvenheim, with a violin playing. Luiz spoke his vows in Portuguese and closed them in Italian: “Ti scelgo. Per sempre, amore mio.” Then the yes, the rings, and an Ape Calessino for the finale.
An elopement has a different breath from a wedding: a few hours instead of a day, and nothing between the two of you and the place. From the air Savoca shows what it is, a village of stone on a ridge with the sea below, and the film keeps both: the place, and the two of them inside it, from the afternoon light to sunset.
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