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
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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