The construction of the film is very simple. Most of the time we see faces in close-up. Three pairs of faces, usually, on three different levels of superimpositions. At first, the faces are very theatrical, made-up. It's not clear whether they are men or women. They move only slightly. They are, indeed, godlike. As the film progresses, very unnoticeably, these faces begin to gain more life and masculine and feminine qualities. At the end of the film, after three hours, the faces are very real, and very human, and sexes and ages are very clearly defined: men, women, children.
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Cast
40 people
Mariella Navale
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Pia Epremian
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Luciana Moda
Mary Striglia
Loris Dominietto
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Emma Bisatti
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Giorgio Piazzano
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Antonio Epremian
Cesare Acutis
Tonino De Bernardi
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Antonio Giunta
Tonino De Bernardi Director
United States release December 10, 1972 · Produced in Italy
Production
Italy
Produced in
Languages
Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
Italian
Release dates
United Kingdom · September 19, 1968
Premiere · Arts Lab Cinema, London
United States · December 10, 1972
Premiere · Film Forum, New York
United States
May 6, 1973 · Premiere · Millennium theater, New York
France
November 9, 1981 · Premiere · Ciné M.B.X.A.
Italy
October 8, 1968 · Premiere · Filmstudio 70, Rome
February 24, 1969 · Premiere · Italian · Sede del C.R.I.U. in Villa Porticciolo
March 13, 1969 · Premiere · Italian · "Rassegna del Cinema Underground Italiano", Filmstudio 70, Rome
June 19, 2009 · TV · Italian · Rai 3
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