Movies: Francesco Pasinetti

Seduced and abandonned by her fiance, Maria Ferrante leaves home to avoid any scandal. She is trying to find work and place to stay but one misfortune after another comes into her life Venice Film Festival 1940...

Italian film from 1942....

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A decadent noblewoman, whose stranded husband has dilapidated their whole fortune on gambling, tries to keep her daughter in school while hiding their state of poverty from her, by leading a double life as an exotic dancer....

Directed by Francesco Pasinetti...

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A documentary showcasing the various ways gondolas are used in Venice....

An Italian documentary....

Short documentary illustrating the buildings and monuments of Piazza San Marco in Venice....

Venice is lovingly discovered in its minor aspects....

In this short documentary from 1942, Francesco Pasinetti guides us through a little-known, unprecedented Venice: the Venice of small canals, narrow streets, bridges and simple people engaged in daily chores....

Documentary short of Italian poet Giacomo Leopardi....