Zielen Van Napels
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Zielen Van Napels is a documentary
by director Vincent Monnikendam that was first released in the United States
in a special preview at the National Gallery of Art
in Washington, D.C.
in 2005.
The film covers the many aspects of the diverse and socially terraced Neapolitan
society and is filmed primarily in local dialects and Italian. English subtitles were available during the opening preview at the NGA.
This documentary has frequented a number of the more renowned film festivals, including the International Film Festival Rotterdam
and the 2004 Toronto Film Festival.
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
by director Vincent Monnikendam that was first released in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
in a special preview at the National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art
The National Gallery of Art and its Sculpture Garden is a national art museum, located on the National Mall between 3rd and 9th Streets at Constitution Avenue NW, in Washington, DC...
in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
in 2005.
The film covers the many aspects of the diverse and socially terraced Neapolitan
Naples
Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...
society and is filmed primarily in local dialects and Italian. English subtitles were available during the opening preview at the NGA.
This documentary has frequented a number of the more renowned film festivals, including the International Film Festival Rotterdam
International Film Festival Rotterdam
The International Film Festival Rotterdam is an annual film festival held in various cinemas in Rotterdam, Netherlands held at the end of January. It is approximately comparable in size to other major European festivals such as Cannes, Venice, Berlin, and Locarno...
and the 2004 Toronto Film Festival.