The Canal of the Angels

The Canal of the Angels (Italian: Il canale degli angeli) is a 1934 Italian drama film directed by Francesco Pasinetti and starring Maurizio D'Ancora, Anna Ariani and Ugo Gracci. The film is shot in semi-documentary style. In a poor neighborhood of Venice, a young boy becomes aware of his mother's adultery.[1]

The Canal of the Angels
Directed byFrancesco Pasinetti
Written byFrancesco Pasinetti
StarringMaurizio D'Ancora
Anna Ariani
Ugo Gracci
Production
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Venezia Film
Release date
  • 1934 (1934)
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

Along with a number of other films of the 1930s, it has elements which are a precursor to the emergence of Italian neorealism in the mid-1940s.

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References

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  1. ^ Brunetta p.100

Bibliography

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  • Brunetta, Gian Piero. The History of Italian Cinema: A Guide to Italian Film from Its Origins to the Twenty-first Century. Princeton University Press, 2009.
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