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Autoritratto Auschwitz. L'occhio è per così dire l'evoluzione biologica di una lagrima (2007)

Autoritratto Auschwitz. L'occhio è per così dire l'evoluzione biologica di una lagrima poster
Directed by
Alberto Grifi
Genre
documentary
Country
Italy
Runtime
38 min
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This documentary mixes scraps of film and video footage. It shows Monica Vitti trying to cry in slow motion, a meeting between Michelangelo Antonioni and the director Alberto Grifi, and footage shot at Auschwitz with a survivor describing his experiences. It also includes glimpses of Palestine today and Grifi's thoughts on prisons.

meditativefragmentaryobservationalrawcontemplativeunsettlingpoeticimprovisedslow-paced

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