Détour De Seta

Détour De Seta is a 2004 documentary film directed by Salvo Cuccia about Vittorio De Seta.

Détour De Seta
Directed by	Salvo Cuccia
Written by	Benny Atria, Salvo Cuccia
Produced by	Alessandro Rais
Starring	Vittorio De Seta
Cinematography	Vincenzo Marinese
Edited by	Benny Atria
Music by	Domenico Sciajno
Distributed by	Palomar-Endemol
Release date	2004 (2004) (Italy)
Running time	57 minutes
Language	Italian

Synopsis

By tracing the places of Vittorio De Seta films and looking for people who had contact with him, as the Cozzo Disi sulfur miners, Ganzirri swordfish fishermens and shepherds who attended in drama Banditi a Orgosolo, the documentary focuses on great change started in local cultures of the Southern Italy from 1945.^[1]

The film includes an interview with De Seta, conversations with the film directors Luciano Tovoli, Franco Maresco, Gianfranco Pannone, writers Vincenzo Consolo, Goffredo Fofi, Eugenio Turri and the critic Marco Gazzano.

Set in Calabria, Sardinia and Sicily, the film was shot in 35mm film and digital, contains stock footage and images taken by De Seta.

Festivals

Salvo Cuccia, Martin Scorsese and Vittorio De Seta at the Tribeca Film Festival (2005)

• Détour De Seta was screened for the first time at the 2004 Locarno Film Festival.^[2]
• In order to celebrate Vittorio De Seta, the documentary was introduced by Martin Scorsese at the 2005 Tribeca Film Festival^[3] and Full Frame Documentary Film Festival.^[4]
• 2007. BigScreen Festival: Docs & Movies. Kunming (Yunnan - China).^[5]
• 2008. Histoires d'It. Le nouveau documentaire italien. Italian Cultural Institute in Paris.^[6]

Awards

• It won as best documentary in the 2005 Genova Film Festival.^[7]

See also

• Banditi a Orgosolo
• Il mondo perduto