Vittorio De Seta

The Lost World (2009)

"Il mondo perduto" collects six documentaries that Vittorio De Seta shot in 1954 in Sicily and four other important short films that he directed between 1958 and 1959 in Sardinia and Calabria. De Seta always turns his eye to realities already then threaten ...

Articolo 23 (Pentedattilo) (2008)

A desert village perched on a mountain of Aspromonte. A young farmer teaches the craft to a laborer from Senegal. The next day the farmer will have to emigrate to the North in search of work and leave his mother and his homeland. Against the backdrop of ev ...

All Human Rights for All (2008)

Collective film for the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, with 30 directors each helming a segment about one of the 30 articles of the Declaration. ...

Letters from Sahara (2006)

The story of a young Senegalese man who treks the Sahara, takes an immigrant boat bound for Italy, the attempts to eke out a living there - finally deciding to return to his native place. Vittorio De Seta's first fiction feature since 1969. ...

In Calabria (1993)

Vittorio De Seta's documentary about the Calabria, revisiting the territory he documented in I Dimenticati in 1959. ...

Hong Kong, città di profughi (1980)

In this 1980 documentary, originally in three parts but presented here in its entirety, Vittorio De Seta presents the drama of the Vietnamese refugees who arrived in the great Asian metropolis. ...

Quando la scuola cambia (1979)

Diary of a Teacher (1973)

In a school on the extreme outskirts of Rome, a young teacher, instead of neglecting his half-empty classroom, decides to tackle the problem looking for the children who do not attend classes. ...

The Uninvited (1969)

When her husband returns from his work abroad with a guest, a young girl, his wife suspects a liaison. She leaves her home. Her boss takes her to the Côte d'Azur. They get closer during the long voyage and the man invites her to his marital home. ...

Almost a Man (1966)

A young writer descends into madness. Alienated, neurotic, and plagued by guilt, Michele retreats from reality, loses interest in work, and comes to the brink of suicide before being sent to an asylum for shock therapy. Escaping from the asylum, Michele re ...

Bandits of Orgosolo (1961)

A Sardinian peasant is implicated in the murder of a policeman and, although innocent, he doesn't give himself up, lacking faith in the judicial system and fearing that he may lose his sheep while awaiting trial. ...

Gela 1959: Pozzi a mare (1960)

The subsea well constructed in Gela in 1959 by Eni was the first of its kind in Europe. The facility consisted of two interdependent complexes: a steel platform on the sea floor and a support ship. The very viscous oil gushed from the Sicilian land to flow ...

The Forgotten (1959)

Vittorio De Seta travels to Alessandria del Carretto, a small town in the province of Cosenza, to capture a unique celebration known as the "Feast of Silver. ...

Orgosolo’s Shepherds (1958)

The striking landscapes of rural Sardinia provide the backdrop to this lyrical look at the hardscrabble lives of the region's shepherds in winter. ...

Fishing Boats (1958)

The unpredictable nature of the sea governs the world of Sicilian fishermen as they work, rest, and seek refuge from a storm. ...

A Day in Barbagia (1958)

Against the background of flocks of sheep at pasture, mules walking down unpaved roads, tractors in the fields, and isolated figures in a deserted village, a caption explains that Barbagia is a vast region in Sardinia; Orgosolo, Oliena and Mamoiada are vil ...

The Sword and the Cross (1956)

Sold as slaves to a wealthy Roman, Lea and Esther, two Carthaginian sisters, are offered as gifts to the ambitious daughter of a proconsul and end up involved in spite of themselves in a dangerous game of power. ...

Golden Parable (1955)

Filming amid the flaxen wheat fields of Sicily, Vittorio De Seta documents the everyday rituals of farmers during harvest time. ...

Sea Countrymen (1955)

Sicily, Granitola, 1955. At the first light of dawn, the fishermen set out in their boats for open water, timing the rhythm of their oars to murmured chants. They set their nets in the sea, regulate the cords, organize the boats in a square. The men's work ...

The Age of Swordfish (1955)

A short anthropological documentary from 1954. Director De Seta was fortunate enough to document swordfish fishing; by 1956 it no longer existed. ...

Easter in Sicily (1955)

A short film which retells the story of Jesus Christ's death and resurrection. ...

Sulfur Mines (1955)

Harshness and beauty exist side by side in this look at the lives of sulfur mine workers and their families in southern Italy. ...

Islands of Fire (1955)

The first light of dawn. The sound of a boat and the screech of birds fill the wide expanse of sea. Black rocks emerge from the water, the "sciara" – the volcanic scoria – of Stromboli, the underwater sulfurous emanations, the layers of reddish rock er ...

Magic Village (1955)

Robert and his fiancée Lucienne were due to go on vacation together to a tented village in Sicily. Robert is forced to postpone his trip and only joins Lucienne a few days later, taking advantage of the departure of a following group. During the train jou ...

Mark Donskoy, King and Jester (2011)

Documentary about the Soviet film director and his changing fortunes during the Stalin years. ...

Vittorio De Seta: The Filmmaker Is an Athlete (2010)

This portrait of a film director unlike any other attempts to capture the essence of Vittorio de Seta's rapport with the humble people he filmed and elegantly brought to Cinema Scope's big screen in color from the 1950s onwards. From his home in Calabria, ...

Sodankylä Forever (2010)

The Midnight Sun Film Festival is held every June in the Finnish village of Sodankylä beyond the arctic circle — where the sun never sets. Founded by Aki and Mika Kaurismäki along with Anssi Mänttäri and Peter von Bagh in 1985, the festival has playe ...

What Do You Know About Me (2009)

Until the 1970s, Italian cinema dominated the international scene, even competing with Hollywood. Then, in just a few years, came its rapid decline, the flight of our greatest producers, a crisis among the best writer-directors, the collapse of production. ...

Vittorio De Seta, la grammatica del documentario (2008)

Détour De Seta (2005)

By tracing the places of Vittorio De Seta films and looking for people who had contact with him, as the Cozzo Disi sulfur miners, Ganzirri swordfish fishermens and shepherds who attended in drama Banditi a Orgosolo, the documentary focuses on great change ...

Lomax the Songhunter (2004)

Alan Lomax (1915-2002) was a song collector who recorded ordinary people, who gave their heart and soul in front of his microphone. The film maker decides to search for people Lomax recorded, travelling through Europe in an old Volkswagen. His journey lea ...

Tornare a Orgosolo (1997)

Vittorio De Seta: Lo sguardo in ascolto (1995)

Interview by Ciprì and Maresco with Vittorio De Seta and Fofi. ...

Cinéma et Réalité (1967)

In this documentary, giants of italian cinema such as Rossellini, De Sica, Fellini and Zavattini talk about the importance of cinema after WW2, and about huge moments of social rebellion. This movie gives the floor to the creators of italian neorealism. ...