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Italian cinema: From neorealism to the present

by Peter Bondanella · 1983

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Voted an "outstanding academic book" by Choice, and winner of the Presidential Book Award from the American Association for Italian Studies, this classic book on Italian films and filmmakers has now been revised and brought completely up-to-date.

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