Fortini/Cani

Fortini/Cani

1977 · 83 min · ★ 5.7 · Documentary

The film is a sort of presentation of Franco Fortini's book 'I Cani del Sinai'. Fortini, an Italian Jew, reads excerpts from the book about his alienation from Judaism and from the social relations around him, the rise of Fascism in Italy, the anti-Arab attitude of European culture. The images, mostly a series of Italian landscape shots, provide a backdrop that highlights the meaning of the text. - Fabrizio Sabidussi

Directed by Danièle Huillet · Written by Jean-Marie Straub

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