Napoli, Napoli, Napoli

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Napoli, Napoli, Napoli
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Directed by Abel Ferrara
Written by Maurizio Braucci
Peppe Lanzetta
Gaetano di Vaio
Produced by Pier Francesco Aiello
Gianluca Curti
Starring Luca Lionello
Salvatore Ruocco
Ernesto Mahieux
Shanyn Leigh
Giuseppe Lanzetta
Anita Pallenberg
Cinematography Alessandro Abate
Edited by Fabio Nunziata
Release date
  • 8 September 2009 (2009-09-08)(Venice Film Festival)
Running time
102 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguagesItalian
English

Napoli, Napoli, Napoli is a 2009 documentary film directed by Abel Ferrara about the problems in early 21st century Naples. Napoli, Napoli, Napoli depicts the city of Naples, filmed as a documentary with interspersed episodes of fiction.

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Release

The film premiered out of competition at the 66th Venice International Film Festival. [1]

Reception

Variety described the film as a "messy, tawdry blend of documentary and fiction" that "makes for a reasonably interesting if far from revelatory portrait of a city riddled by poverty and crime." [2]

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References

  1. "La Biennale di Venezia - Out of Competition". 2009-11-29. Archived from the original on 2009-11-29. Retrieved 2019-12-04.
  2. Felperin, Leslie (2009-09-11). "Napoli Napoli Napoli". Variety. Retrieved 2019-12-04.