L'isola di Robinson Crusoe(1996)
Video short for RAI Italian television, and part of the bigger project of duo Lajolo-Lombardi on insular communities, which became their main cinematic focus with a group of documentaries shot in the '90s after the experience of Videobase with Alfredo Leonardi.
Movie: L'isola di Robinson Crusoe
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