Lost Continent

Lost Continent (1955)

Continente perduto

Three directors collaborated on the Italian documentary Continente Perduto. The "lost continent" of the title is Asia, specifically Indonesia, here lovingly photographed in Ferraniacolor by Mario Craveri, Giannni Rafaldi and Franco Bernetti. Highlights include a Cantonese wedding aboard a floating junk, the annual wheat and rice harvest, the animal-sacrifice rites at the rim of a volcano, a ceremonial chariot race, and a bevy of Balinese dancers. Though there's no story to speak of, the film has the rhythm and pace of a "continuity" picture. Continente Perduto was the winner of a Special Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival.

Date of release
1955-05-10
TMDB
9.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
2h 0m
Genres
Documentary
Director
Giorgio Moser, Enrico Gras, Leonardo Bonzi

Casting

Interesting facts

Continente Perduto is a 1955 Italian documentary film about Maritime Southeast Asia including Borneo.

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