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Italy Is Not a Poor Country

9.019601h 49mMovieDocumentary

A documentary about Italy's underground oil and metan deposits, sponsored by Italian state-owned oil company, ENI. Pictures of the state-of-the-art oil infrastructure are mixed with others of the traditional way of living of poorer Italian regions.

DirectorsJoris Ivens·Paolo Taviani
WriterAlberto Moravia

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Cast · Directed by Joris Ivens

ESEnrico Maria Salerno
Enrico Maria Salerno
narrator

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