LE MURA DI SANA’A
THE WALLS OF SANA'A
Pier Paolo Pasolini / Italy, Yemen / 1971 / 13 min / Colour
Shot by Pier Paolo Pasolini during the filming of his The Decameron in the mountains of North Yemen, and then in the Hadramawt region and in the municipality of Orte, The walls of Sana’a is an appeal to UNESCO to denounce the ruin and plead for the preservation of the city of Sana’a and its precious artistic testimonies.
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Poet, novelist, director, and actor, Pier Paolo Pasolini is considered one of the most important artists and intellectuals of the twentieth century. Born in Bologna in 1922 and raised between Emilia and Friuli, he moved to Rome in the 1950s. He began in cinema collaborating with Federico Fellini on Le notti di Cabiria. His first film, Accattone, was followed by another twenty, until the time of his tragic death in 1975, after censorship, praise, criticism, and progressive worldwide fame.
Credits
Screenplay Pier Paolo PasoliniCinematography Tonino Delli ColliEditing Tatiana Casini MorigiProducer Franco Rossellini
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