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Lorenzaccio, al di là di de Musset e Benedetto Varchi (2003)
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Video registration of Carmelo Bene's play 'Lorenzaccio, al di là di de Musset e Benedetto Varchi', performed in Florence in 1986.
Style:
avant garde, intellectual, dramatic, surreal, intense, poetic, philosophical, dark, experimental, existential ...
Plot:
theater, performance art, adaptation, literary, power, corruption, political intrigue, monologue, identity, revenge, betrayal, historical figure, minimalism, ritual, renaissance, stage, play, artistic, archival footage, performance
Place:
florence
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Style:
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Time:
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Place:
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Style:
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Place:
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Story:
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 78 min.
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Style:
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Plot:
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Style:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Audience:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Style:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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