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The Human Cargo (2012)

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Original title
La nave dolce
Directed by
Daniele Vicari
Genre
documentary film
Country
Italy
Runtime
1h 30m
Rated
T
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This documentary reconstructs the mass sea migration of Albanians to Italy in the early 1990s. It focuses on the voyage of the ship Vlora, which carried thousands of people crammed aboard a vessel originally meant for cargo.

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What happens

La nave dolce è un documentario italiano del 2012 diretto da Daniele Vicari, sul fenomeno dell'emigrazione albanese verso l'Italia. L'aggettivo dolce del titolo è usato perché la nave Vlora (a cui ci si riferisce) trasportava tonnellate di zucchero di canna imbarcato a Cuba. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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