
Angela Nugara
2021Sicilia!
Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet
Gianni Buscarino, Vittorio Vigneri
A man returns to visit his native Sicily after living in New York for a long time. He learns about the Sicilian way of life from stylized conversations with an orange picker, his fellow train passengers, his mother, and a knife-sharpener.
Sicily!
Quei loro incontri
Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet
Angela Nugara, Vittorio Vigneri
These Encounters Of Theirs divides 10 non-professional actors into couples, then has them take turns in declaiming the Dialogues With Leuco, Cesare Pavese's abstract, philosophical work.
These Encounters of Theirs
Il viandante
Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet
Gianni Buscarino, Angela Nugara
An alternate look at a part of Sicilia, perhaps left out for its more straightforward didactic quality. Interesting to again see the long gaps. Also note the extra use of close-up (for them) on the old woman.
Il viandante
Operai, contadini
Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet
Angela Nugara, Giacinto Di Pascoli
A group of men and women have been brought together after World War II, when Italy regained its national and territorial unity. They make up a primitive community which seeks to erase not only the distress created by the war but also the hardships of life, and look to protect themselves from violence, misery and fear. Amid the ruins of this post-war period, these men and women build a new rapport between themselves, between sexes, between generations, between social and geographical origins, between political camps.
Workers, Peasants