Un lugar en el cine

A Place in the Cinema investigates how Neorealism as a film genre was a logical consequence of the social awareness that emerged from the horrors of World War II. Neorealism was an active example, because it inspired many film makers to tackle social injustice in an exceptionally cinematographic way.
The documentary visualises the heritage of Neorealism by focusing on three great directors. Alberto Morais follows the Greek master Theo Angelopoulos on a journey from Athens to Ostia, the Roman beach where Pier Paolo Pasolini was murdered. Somewhere at a railway station in Spain, he goes on to interview the Spanish cinematographer Victor Erice about his discursive oeuvre and his debt of gratitude to Neorealism. Finally the Italians Tonino Guerra, Ninetto Davoli and Nico Naldini give voice to Pasolini by recounting memories of the director and the post-war years.
Archive footage and film fragments not only give a face to their stories, but also ensure some level of visual abstraction in which we can see the artistic influence of Neorealism on later generations of film makers. (EH)