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The Path of Oil (1967) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1967 · 135 mins · Italian
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- Directed by
- Bernardo Bertolucci
- Starring
- Nino Castelnuovo, Riccardo Cucciolla, Mario Feliciani, Nino Dal Fabbro, Giulio Bosetti, Mario Trejo
A three‑part documentary filmed by Bernardo Bertolucci for Italy’s oil company ENI, broadcast in 1967. Produced after his acclaimed second feature, Before the Revolution, Bertolucci described it as a work by a director eager to return to narrative cinema. The three sections—“The Origins,” “At Sea,” and “In the Heart of Europe”—trace the history and journey of oil.
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