Pausa Italiana (2004)
Plot — What is Pausa Italiana about?
In 1998 it seemed impossible to Balagura to make films in the Ukraine without becoming a slave to television; he therefore left for Italy, the "country of culture". With no immigration papers, with a wife and two children, the less agreeable realities of his situation soon caught up with him. In 2004, armed with a basic mini-DV camera borrowed from a friend, with a casual acquaintance as camera operator, he shot 'Pausa Italiana'. From a small village in the Abruzzi region, he observed the reality surrounding him; he also turned the camera upon his own status as migrant, a situation no documentarist could capture. He allies precise recordings with a fragmentary narrative of literary quality, giving the film a particular quality: auto-fiction and ethnography intersect to form an Aristotelian poetic, avoiding separation between self and other, observer and observed, the real and the cosmic
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Quick Facts
| Type | Movie |
| Released | 2004 |
| Language | English |
| Runtime | 236 min |
Pausa Italiana — FAQ
Is Pausa Italiana worth watching? In 1998 it seemed impossible to Balagura to make films in the Ukraine without becoming a slave to television; he therefore left for Italy, the "country of culture". With no immigration papers, with a wife and two childre
Who directed Pausa Italiana? Directed by Aleksandr Balagura.
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When did Pausa Italiana release? It released in 2004.