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The Gold of Naples (1954)

The Gold of Naples poster
Original title
L'oro di Napoli
Directed by
Vittorio De Sica
Genre
comedy film
Country
Italy
Runtime
2h 18m
Rating
7.3 of 10 from 134 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This is an anthology film with several short stories set in Naples. Each tale follows different characters from the city, showing slices of everyday life and local customs.

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What happens

The Gold of Naples (Italian: L'oro di Napoli [ˈlɔːro di ˈnaːpoli]) is a 1954 Italian anthology film directed by Vittorio De Sica. It was entered into the 1955 Cannes Film Festival. In 2008, the film was included on the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage’s 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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