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N.U. (1948)

N.U. poster
Directed by
Michelangelo Antonioni
Genre
documentary film
Country
Italy
Runtime
11 min
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 27 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This short documentary follows street sweepers in Rome after World War Two. It shows their work from morning until evening on the city roads.

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What happens

N.U. (short for Nettezza urbana, Italian urban cleansing service) is a 1948 Italian documentary short film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni. The film examines a weekday from morning until evening of Italian road sweepers, captured at work on the streets of post-World War II Rome. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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