The Canal of the Angels (1934)
- Original title
- Il canale degli angeli
- Directed by
- Francesco Pasinetti
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Italy
- Runtime
- 48 min
- Rating
- 8.2 of 10 from 2 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
In a poor area of Venice, a young boy starts to realize that his mother is having an affair. The film is shot in a semi-documentary style.
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What happens
The Canal of the Angels (Italian: Il canale degli angeli) is a 1934 Italian drama film directed by Francesco Pasinetti and starring Maurizio D'Ancora, Anna Ariani and Ugo Gracci. The film is shot in semi-documentary style. In a poor neighborhood of Venice, a young boy becomes aware of his mother's adultery. Along with a number of other films of the 1930s, it has elements which are a precursor to the emergence of Italian neorealism in the mid-1940s. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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