The read
It runs a compact 1h 25m.
Synopsis
In the spring of 1970, between the African Orestiade and The Decameron, Pasolini shot a film for which he wrote a commentary in verses but never finished editing. The film was born as a typical Pasolini intervention: filming the strike of the garbage collectors in Rome, who at the time worked in dramatic health conditions, and filming the humility of their daily work, amidst the waste and scraps of society, in the squares and in the streets. Pasolini also filmed the faces of garbage collectors engaged in claims discussions and the result was an extraordinary anthropological picture of an unknown humanity.
Ratings
IMDb7.7/10
1 audience votes
Key crew
- Pier Paolo PasoliniWriter
- Pier Paolo PasoliniDirector
Themes
social documentaryedited from unfinished filmunfinishedpasolini