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Appunti per un’Orestiade africana poster
ITALY · 1970

Appunti per un’Orestiade africana

Pier Paolo Pasolini
Italian Neorealism African cinema classical adaptation postcolonial narrative unrealized projects documentary filmmaking
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Synopsis

The director presents takes and scenes filmed on location in Africa for a film-that-never-was, a black Oresteia.

Year1970
CountryItaly
DirectorPier Paolo Pasolini
MovementItalian Neorealism
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