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Titre original :

Continente perduto

Durée :

2h 0min

Date de sortie :

May 1955

Réalisé par : Giorgio Moser, Enrico Gras, Leonardo Bonzi
Ecrit par : Enrico Gras, John Gunther, Mario Craveri, Giorgio Moser, Ennio Flaiano

Three directors collaborated on the Italian documentary Continente Perduto. The "lost continent" of the title is Asia, specifically Indonesia, here lovingly photographed in Ferraniacolor by Mario Craveri, Giannni Rafaldi and Franco Bernetti. Highlights include a Cantonese wedding aboard a floating junk, the annual wheat and rice harvest, the animal-sacrifice rites at the rim of a volcano, a ceremonial chariot race, and a bevy of Balinese dancers. Though there's no story to speak of, the film has the rhythm and pace of a "continuity" picture. Continente Perduto was the winner of a Special Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival.