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Il fiume ha sempre ragione
Il fiume ha sempre ragione

Il fiume ha sempre ragione

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Documentary

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Alberto Casiraghy and Josef Weiss are true bibliophile artists. One in Osnago, the other in Mendrisio, they have been dedicating themselves for years to valuable editorial and typographical activities, still printing with mobile characters, preserving the memory of a perfect ingenuity made of manual skills and technique, but also of inventiveness and poetry. Silvio Soldini gives us a realistic and poetical portrait of these two artists-artisans, who chose one of the oldest professions in a modern world, finding great success and approval.

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

Italian

Runtime

73 mins

Rating

8/10

Release Date

08 September 2016

Country

Switzerland

Cast

Alberto Casiraghy

Alberto Casiraghy

Self

Josef Weiss

Josef Weiss

Self

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