New Love Meetings

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New Love Meetings
Directed by Barbara Seghezzi
Marcello Mencarini  [ it ]
Written by Barbara Seghezzi
Marcello Mencarini  [ it ]
Produced by Michele Neri
Starring Italian people
Distributed byEmage
Lulop
Release date
  • November 12, 2005 (2005-11-12)
Running time
93 minutes
Country Italy
Language Italian

New Love Meetings is an Italian documentary film made on a Nokia N90, the first feature film shot entirely with a Camera phone. [1] [2] [3] The film was inspired by Pier Paolo Pasolini's documentary Love Meetings and is a modern version of that film. [4] [5]

Contents

New Love Meetings was produced by Michele Neri and directed by Barbara Seghezzi and Marcello Mencarini  [ it ]. [6] It premiered at various film festivals, including Zurich Film Festival and Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival in 2006. [7]

Plot

The documentary narrates about the erotism of Italian people and, collected interviews from the different area's people like social, cultural, geographical. Several ordinary people and sex professionals reveal their confessions in the sex life and suggest ideas for a better day of Italy. [8] [9] [10]

Production

The film cost around US$500,000 to make. [11]

See also

List of films shot on mobile phones

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