Notes on a True Story

APPROPIATE

1953 / 5min.

Rating5.7

Genres

Documentary

Synopsis

On the evening of March 11, 1950, Annabella Bracci, a 12-year-old girl, was brutally killed and thrown into a pit on the outskirts of Rome, near the village of Primavalle. A brief and poetic account of the events and their impact on an impoverished community. A handful of wild flowers and a painful catch in the voices.

Directors

Marco Ferreri

Actors

Vasco Pratolini

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