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Islands in the Lagoon( 1948)

TV-MADocumentary
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Overview

A documentary about the Venetian lagoon, with the words of Diego Fabbri narrating scenes of strips of land swallowed up by the sea, of small boats sailing on the water, of men and women concentrating on their work in a world which is "a false sea and a false land."

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      Gino Cervi

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Mon Feb 05 2024
    This is quite an interesting documentary that depicts a Venice that is pretty unrecognisable when compared with the bustling, developed, city now - eighty-odd years later. The lagoon is populated by small boats, the islands by goats and lace-makers. The gulls fly, undisturbed, over the waterways that still show the marker poles to guide the sailing boats from the shoals and shallow water. The Murano glass artists are hard at work turning everything from a bowl to a fully-fledged chandelier and the whole experience, here, is a leisurely paced and relaxed experience depicting just how post war Ve...

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    Released

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    English

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