Acknowledgements
List of illustrations
Preface
Introduction
1. Cesare Zavattini: neorealism
2. *Paisà*: light
3. *La Terra Trema*: language
4. *The Leopard*: settings
5. *Vaghe Stell dell'Orse ...*: remembrances
6. Pasolini: heaven and earth
7. From *Il Decameron* to *Salò*: rewriting
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Index