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| Directed by | Enrico Gras Giorgio Moser Leonardo Bonzi |
| Music by | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino |
| Distributed by | Lopert Pictures (US theatrical) |
Release date | 1955 (Italy) 11 March 1957 (New York City) |
Running time | 120 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Continente Perduto (a.k.a. Lost Continent and Continent Perdu) is a 1955 Italian documentary film about Maritime Southeast Asia including Borneo.
Awards
It has received the following awards:
- 1955 Cannes Film Festival: Special Jury Prize[1][2]
- 5th Berlin International Film Festival: Big Silver Medal (Documentaries and Culture Films)[3]
Legacy
French literary critic Roland Barthes dedicates an essay to the film in his semiological work, Mythologies. He criticizes the filmmakers as perpetuating a European sense of exoticism, while also imposing their own Christian values onto the Buddhist traditions of the region.[4]
References
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Lost Continent". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-01-31.
- ^ "BFI: Lost Continent". BFI. Archived from the original on 2009-01-14. Retrieved 2009-01-31.
- ^ "5th Berlin International Film Festival: Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2009-12-24.
- ^ Barthes, Roland, and Annette Lavers. "The Lost Continent." Mythologies. New York: Hill and Wang, 1972. 94-96. Print.
External links
- Lost Continent at IMDb
- Der verlorene Kontinent (Film) - German wikipedia version