The Canal of the Angels

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The Canal of the Angels
Directed by Francesco Pasinetti
Written byFrancesco Pasinetti
Starring Maurizio D'Ancora
Anna Ariani
Ugo Gracci
Production
company
Venezia Film
Release date
  • 1934 (1934)
CountryItaly
Language Italian

The Canal of the Angels (Italian: Il canale degli angeli) is a 1934 Italian drama film directed by Francesco Pasinetti and starring Maurizio D'Ancora, Anna Ariani and Ugo Gracci. The film is shot in semi-documentary style. In a poor neighborhood of Venice, a young boy becomes aware of his mother's adultery. [1]

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Along with a number of other films of the 1930s, it has elements which are a precursor to the emergence of Italian neorealism in the mid-1940s.

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References

  1. Brunetta p.100

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