During the traditional Siena celebration of the Palio, jockeys from different neighborhoods compete in the culminating horse race in the town square and vie with each other for the local women..
Is it worth your time? If you like old Italian cinema that smells like horse stables and genuine, unhinged local pride, yeah, watch it. If you need a movie with a plot that actually moves from A to B without getting distracted by a street festival, you’ll probably hate it. It’s dusty, it’s loud, and it feels like a pos...
Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Alessandro Blasetti
Alexander Butler
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"Is it worth your time? If you like old Italian cinema that smells like horse stables and genuine, unhinged local pride, yeah, watch it. If you need a movie with a plot that actually moves from A to B without getting distracted by a street festival, you’ll probably hate it. It’s dusty, it’s loud, and it feels like a postcard that got left out in the rain. The Palio is a race, but mostly it's an excuse for grown men to act like absolute lunatics. Watching the jockeys circle that square, you start..."
Luigi Bonelli, Gian Bistolfi, Alessandro Blasetti
Italy
