Lost Continent

(1955)

★ 9 IMDb · 1 votes

Genres: Documentary

Year: 1955

Runtime: 120 мин

Country: Italy

Director: Enrico Gras, Giorgio Moser, Leonardo Bonzi

Cast: Orio Vergani, George Bryan

Plot

Three directors collaborated on the Italian documentary Continente Perduto. The "lost continent" of the title is Asia, specifically Indonesia, here lovingly photographed in Ferraniacolor by Mario Craveri, Giannni Rafaldi and Franco Bernetti. Highlights include a Cantonese wedding aboard a floating junk, the annual wheat and rice harvest, the animal-sacrifice rites at the rim of a volcano, a ceremonial chariot race, and a bevy of Balinese dancers. Though there's no story to speak of, the film has the rhythm and pace of a "continuity" picture. Continente Perduto was the winner of a Special Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival.