Film Record: Encounter on the River

Date produced: 1955

Filmmaker(s):

Massimo Sani

Ezio Pecora

Languages:

English

Length:

500 ft

Format:

16mm

Colour:

B&W

Sound Notes:

Silent

Sound:

Sound on tape

Awards/Recognition:

PSA Ten Best 1955

Description:

"The combined efforts of Massimo Sani-photography and Ezio Pecora-directing. A slowly paced, sensitive portrayal of adolescent emotions. While in many amateur films the acting is such that we can never forget it is a movie and that the actors are aware of the camera, in "Encounter on the River", the acting is natural, making this tender, almost too subtle story most enjoyable. The best directed amateur film seen in years." PSA Journal, Dec. 1955, 36.

Resources:

Listed as a major documentary filmed in Polesine on the Polesine Film Commission website as "Incontro sul fiume".

Locations:

• Polesine of Rovigo, Italy (Filming)

Subjects:

• Europe
•      Italy
•      Geography
•      Psychology
•           Emotions
•      Manners and Customs
•      Children

Genre:

• Youth

Form:

• Short

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