Short film

K-Z
1972 · 20 min
A short, sobering observational film that makes an ordinary slaughterhouse feel like a grim, unsettling allegory.
- Directed by
- Giorgio Treves
- Genres
- Documentary
- Overview
- K-Z is a 1972 Italian short documentary film directed by Giorgio Treves, his study of the slaughterhouse in the centre of Turin as an allegory of a German concentration camp. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.
- How it feels
- Bleak, dark, eerie and melancholic. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
- About
- Death, violence, power, isolation
- Content
- Mild violence and gore. No sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Giorgio Treves
- Genres
- Documentary