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‘Lost and Beautiful’ Spins a Mystical Fable from a Heartfelt Documentary with the Help of a Talking Buffalo
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‘Lost and Beautiful’ Spins a Mystical Fable from a Heartfelt Documentary with the Help of a Talking Buffalo

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Christopher Campbell
Mar 24, 2016
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Lost and Beautiful

“Dreams and fables, though imaginary, should tell the truth.”

This is among the many morals of Lost and Beautiful, a new film directed by Pietro Marcello (The Mouth of the Wolf) and narrated by a buffalo. Its other protagonist is a Pulcinella of the commedia dell’arte tradition, who here serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead. As is pr…

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