(Continente perduto)

Content: Three directors collaborated on the Italian documentary Continente Perduto. The "lost continent" of the title is Asia, specifically Indonesia, here lovingly photographed in Ferraniacolor by Mario Craveri, Giannni Rafaldi and Franco Bernetti. Highlights include a Cantonese wedding aboard a floating junk, the annual wheat and rice harvest, the animal-sacrifice rites at the rim of a volcano, a ceremonial chariot race, and a bevy of Balinese dancers. Though there's no story to speak of, the film has the rhythm and pace of a "continuity" picture. Continente Perduto was the winner of a Special Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival.

Countries:

Italy

Genres:

Documentary

Runtime:

120 minutes

Year:

1955

Directors:

Giorgio Moser

Production companies:

Astra Cinematografica

Actors:

Commentary

English narration

Crews:

Cinematography

Screenplay

Writer

Screenplay

Writer