Stendali (Still They Toll) (1960)

6.0/10 • 11 min • Documentary

Overview

A unique 1960s documentary on the traditional dirge sung by women in Griko, an ancient dialect of Salento, so old that it originates from the ancient Greeks who once colonized that part of southern Italy.

Cast

Lilla Brignone

Narrator (voice)

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