''Détour De Seta'' is a 2004

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directed by Salvo Cuccia about

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fishermens and shepherds who attended in drama ''

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'', the documentary focuses on great change started in local cultures of the

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from 1945. The film includes an interview with De Seta, conversations with the film directors Luciano Tovoli,

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, Gianfranco Pannone, writers

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, Goffredo Fofi, Eugenio Turri and the critic Marco Gazzano. Set in

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and

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, the film was shot in 35mm film and

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, contains

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and images taken by De Seta.

Festivals

*''Détour De Seta'' was screened for the first time at the 2004

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. *In order to celebrate

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at the 2005

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and

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. *2007.

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: Docs & Movies.

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(

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). *2008. Histoires d'It. Le nouveau documentaire italien.

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Awards

*It won as best documentary in the 2005 Genova Film Festival.. Retrieved July 11, 2010

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Detour De Seta Documentary films about film directors and producers Documentary films about Italy Italian documentary films 2004 films 2004 documentary films

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Awards

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