Abruzzo as Middle Earth? A crowdfunding campaign has been launched for the creation of “La Contea Gentile”, the first half-men village in Italy in Bucchianico, a town near Chieti, which has now also received the support of some of the protagonists of the film saga.
Elijah Wood, Sean Astin and Billy Boyd have shown their support for La Contea Gentile. The project was born from an idea by Nicolas Gentile, a pastry chef from Abruzzo who lives like the characters in the famous fantasy novel.