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- ↑ Invitto, Giovanni (2006). Fenomenologia del mito: la narrazione tra cinema, filosofia, psicoanalisi (in Italian). Manni Editori. pp. 100–. ISBN 978-88-8176-854-7.
- ↑ Moliterno, Gino (29 September 2008). Historical Dictionary of Italian Cinema. Scarecrow Press. pp. 391–. ISBN 978-0-8108-6254-8.
- 1 2 Guardiola, Rosario Rovira (2017-12-14). Ancient Mediterranean Sea in Modern Visual and Performing Arts: Sailing in Troubled Waters. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 97. ISBN 9781474298612.
- ↑ From the opening credits of Nostos: The Return.
- ↑ "L' orto di flora". Cinéma du Réel . Retrieved 2018-07-07.
