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Primo Levi's Journey

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Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times 11/02/2007
4/5
Italian documentary filmmaker Davide Ferrario, who specializes in what he calls "on the road" documentaries, decided to retrace Primo Levi's steps in modern Europe. It was a wise choice. Go to Full Review Ella Taylor L.A. Weekly 11/01/2007
Fascinating. Go to Full Review Frank Scheck The Hollywood Reporter 08/22/2007
Primo Levi's Journey is a rather unfocused but ultimately provocative portrait of Eastern Europe. Go to Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 02/15/2010
B-
It's told in such a messy and questionable way to unintentionally diminish Levi's more striking and dark tale. Go to Full Review Cynthia Fuchs PopMatters 09/15/2007
If some of its connections remain obscure, its storytelling is both sinuous and resounding. History, memory, forgetfulness%u2014all comprise the present. Go to Full Review Steve Ramos Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 09/06/2007
3/4
If one artist is deserving of a documentary account of his story, it's Italian author Primo Levi. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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03/02/2008 Interesting documentary retracing Primo Levi's journey back from Auschwitz and what the life is like nowadays in the places he stayed then. See more 09/06/2007 I thought this movie was perfect. There are voice-overs from Levi's writing about his travels, but there is no effort wasted in trying to recreate the time through costumes and fake Howitzers. The movie instead does a an ADD montage of Levi's holocaust memorials and the post WWII history of the places he traveled. If you want to know Levi, read the book. This movie is about following his footsteps and understanding Eastern Europe through comparison. I LOVED it. See more 09/06/2007 This movie was really boring and we walked out See more 08/31/2007 Aside from being narrated with bits from Levi's writings, this doesn't really have a lot to do with him. It follows his European trek and lacks a sense of coherence. Occaisionally entertaining and always well-meaning, but still a miss. See more 08/04/2007 Good, fairly orthodox doco. See more Read all reviews
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Davide Ferrario

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Primo Levi

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Umberto Orsini

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Davide Ferrario

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Andrzej Wajda

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Director
Davide Ferrario