Underplayed Gems

La curt de l’America (2011)

La curt de l’America poster
Directed by
Lemnaouer Ahmine
Genre
documentary film
Country
Italy
Runtime
52 min
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How it feels

This documentary looks at an old apartment building in Milan that once housed Italian emigrants waiting for visas to America. It mixes current footage with historical images to show how the building and its residents have changed over time.

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What happens

La curt de l'America è un film documentario del 2011 diretto da Lemnaouer Ahmine e Francesco Cannito. La curt de l'America (corte dell'America) era il soprannome di una vecchia casa di ringhiera alla fine di via Padova (al civico 275), nel quartiere Crescenzago a Milano, una volta punto di partenza di emigranti italiani che aspettavano il visto per l'America. Le immagini del presente si alternano a quelle del passato, le storie di ieri e di oggi si intersecano sui ballatoi restituendo la dinamicità di una società in trasformazione. La casa, però, rimane la stessa degli inizi del secolo, mai ristrutturata. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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