N.U. (1948)

Directed by

Michelangelo Antonioni

Genre

documentary film

Country

Italy

Runtime

11 min

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 27 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

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.

quietobservationalmundanemelancholicslow-pacedgrittyrealistday-in-the-life

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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