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Bookmark this pageLa Cecilia (1975)
Director: Jean-Louis Comolli
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From Time Out Film Guide
Intelligent and stimulating, La Cecilia is based on the story of the colony set up in Brazil in 1890 by a group of Italian anarchists. The colony lasted about three years, and Comolli's account, drawing on original sources, examines its development and eventual collapse. Documenting both external pressures and internal tensions, the film lucidly considers what kind of political organisation is needed in a supposedly collective situation, and the kind of obstacles that occur. Comolli creates no villains to pin the blame on; the fact that one can retain emotional solidarity with the colonists makes the immediate relevance of the questions raised all the more apparent and thought-provoking.Author: AS
Cast & crew
Director: Jean-Louis Comolli
Producer: Fanny Berchaux, Pierre-Henri Deleau, Claude Nedjar, Bruno Paolinelli, Georges Richner
Cast: Massimo Foschi, Maria Carta, Vittorio Mezzogiorno, Biagio Pelligra, Giancarlo Pannese full cast
Duration: 105 mins
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