People of the Po Valley

People of the Po Valley (1947)

Gente del Po

A documentary short detailing the life of Italians living on the Po River in the 1940s.

Date of release
1947-09-01
TMDB
6.5 / 10 (51)
Runtime
11m
Genres
Documentary
Director
Michelangelo Antonioni

Casting

Interesting facts

Gente del Po, sometimes referred to in English as People of the Po Valley, is an Italian documentary short film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni in 1943 and released in 1947. It was Antonioni's debut film and is, together with Luchino Visconti's Ossessione, considered to be one of the earliest examples of Italian neorealism. Gente del Po documents people living on or near the Po river, including barge workers and fishermen.

Production

Gente del Po was shot in 1943 near Antonioni's home town Ferrara, but in the light of the escalating events of World War II, the editing of the film had to be shelved. When Antonioni started editing the film in 1947, much of the shot material had been irreversibly damaged due to improper storage and handling.

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