Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
film di denuncia
English translation:
protest film
Added to glossary by
simon tanner
Apr 9, 2009 08:33
15 yrs ago
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Italian term
Italy
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film di denuncia
Italian to English
Art/Literary
Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
film genre
Is there any accepted way of saying this? You can have a 'protest song', but somehow a 'protest film' just doesn't sound right to me, and nothing else springs to mind.
context:
Un’ opera che nelle nostre intenzioni vuole collegarsi idealmente alla grande tradizione dei film italiani di impegno civile degli anni ‘60 come “Le Mani sulla Città” di Francesco Rosi o “Il Giorno della Civetta” di Damiano Damiani, ma con un approccio che sia insieme moderno ed iperrealista e che la renda più simile, stilisticamente, ai grandi ***film di denuncia*** di questi ultimi anni come “The Insider”, “Traffic” e “City Of God”.
Thanks for any help, and Happy Easter everyone!
Simon
context:
Un’ opera che nelle nostre intenzioni vuole collegarsi idealmente alla grande tradizione dei film italiani di impegno civile degli anni ‘60 come “Le Mani sulla Città” di Francesco Rosi o “Il Giorno della Civetta” di Damiano Damiani, ma con un approccio che sia insieme moderno ed iperrealista e che la renda più simile, stilisticamente, ai grandi ***film di denuncia*** di questi ultimi anni come “The Insider”, “Traffic” e “City Of God”.
Thanks for any help, and Happy Easter everyone!
Simon
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +1 | protest movie |
Manuela Dal Castello
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| 4 +5 | film exposé |
Cedric Randolph
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| 4 | denouncing film |
solejnicz
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| 4 | issue movie |
KayW
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| 3 -2 | docufilm |
kimgrego (X)
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Proposed translations
+1
10 mins
Manuela Dal Castello
Italy
Italy
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Italy
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Native in: Italian
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protest movie
As far as I can see, it's quite used (http://www.google.it/search?hl=it&q="protest movie"&meta=)
Peer comment(s):
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Boadicea (X)
: protest movie also sounds right to me...
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thanks!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "thanks Manuela; as it turns out, this was right after all, despite my misgivings!"
-2
10 mins
docufilm
i've often heard this new term to indicate both a film that is also a documentary (thus reporting on some serious issue)
Peer comment(s):
| disagree |
Manuela Dal Castello
: non necessariamente un film di protesta è un docufilm... "Convoy trincea d'asfalto" è considerato un film di protesta ma non ha niente a che fare con i documentari
1 min
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solejnicz
: This does not express the critical side of the film.
5 mins
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10 mins
denouncing film
I think you can just translate this literally.
Example sentence:
The Drowned Men is not an informative, denouncing film in the sense that it withholds much of the background about the story
1 hr
issue movie
An alternative suggestion
Example sentence:
"Ultimately this is a sharp-focus issue movie, decrying intolerance as it explores the effects of labeling, the complexity of fetishizing, and the differences between business and crime. "
+5
7 mins
Cedric Randolph
Italy
Italy
Native in Italian
&
English
Works in field
Italy
Reliable, punctual and accurate
Native in: English (Variants: US, UK) 
, Italian
Works in: Italian to English
Related KudoZ points
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12
film exposé
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Note added at 5 days (2009-04-14 15:42:54 GMT) Post-grading
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No problem. My pleasure. It's all a lot of laughs at any rate, no?
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Note added at 5 days (2009-04-14 15:42:54 GMT) Post-grading
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No problem. My pleasure. It's all a lot of laughs at any rate, no?
Note from asker:
| thanks Cedric. The reason I went for Manuela's in the end was that exposé gave me the idea of investigative journalism, or 'revealing', i.e. 'exposing' some hidden and uncomfortable truth. In my context the point was that the film is condemning known behaviour rather than exposing something hidden |
| yeah, like a sort of mental coffee break! Cheers |
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Anthony Green
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Andrew Campbell
: I think this is the best translation of the Italian. If you cross check the term (through google if nothing else) with films like Insider, F. 911, Supersize me, All the Pres.' Men, it kicks up more than the others
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Thank you
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carly kelly
: with Andrew
58 mins
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Thank you
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Alice Zuzek
1 hr
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Thank you
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Sele
3 hrs
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thanks
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