Samouni Road (Italian: La strada dei Samouni) is a 2018 Italian documentary film directed by Stefano Savona. The film uses a combination of live action, scratchboard animation and drone footage recreations.[1] It was selected to screen in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival and won the Œil d'or prize for best documentary.[2][3]

Samouni Road
Film poster
ItalianLa strada dei Samouni
Directed byStefano Savona
Screenplay byStefano Savona
Léa Mysius
Penelope Bortoluzzi
Produced byPenelope Bortoluzzi
Marco Alessi
Cécile Lestrade
CinematographyStefano Savona
Edited byLuc Forveille
Music byGiulia Tagliavia
Production
companies
Dugong Films
Picofilms
Alterego Productions
RAI Cinema
Arte France Cinéma
Distributed byJour2fête
Release date
  • 10 May 2018 (2018-05-10) (Cannes)
Running time
128 minutes
CountriesItaly
France
LanguageItalian

References

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  1. ^ Weissberg, Jay (May 11, 2018). "Fim Review: 'Samouni Road'". Variety. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  2. ^ Goodfelloe, Melannie (17 April 2018). "Cannes: Directors' Fortnight unveils 2018 line-up". ScreenDaily. Media Business Insight Limited. Retrieved 20 April 2018. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |agency= ignored (help)
  3. ^ Keslassy, Esla (17 April 2018). "Cannes: Directors' Fortnight Lineup Boasts Colombia's 'Birds of Passage,' Nicolas Cage in 'Mandy'". Variety. Penske Business Media, LLC. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
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