The film is a sort of presentation of Franco Fortini's book 'I Cani del Sinai'. Fortini, an Italian Jew, reads excerpts from the book about his alienation from Judaism and from the social relations around him, the rise of Fascism in Italy, the anti-Arab attitude of European culture. The images, mostly a series of Italian landscape shots, provide a backdrop that highlights the meaning of the text. - Fabrizio Sabidussi
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Fortini/Cani (Jean-Marie Straub Danièle Huillet)
Fortini/Cani (Jean-Marie Straub Danièle Huillet) Italia 1976 Franco Fortini legge brani dal suo saggio "I cani del Sinai". "Fare il cane del Sinai pare sia stata ...
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