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Mondo films are a subgenre of exploitive documentary films. Many mondo films are made in a way to resemble a pseudo-documentary and usually depicting sensational topics, scenes, or situations.
Mondo is a 1995 French drama film written and directed by Tony Gatlif based upon the short story by J. M. G. Le Clézio. The film debuted at the Unifrance French Film Festival in Japan 1995, and premiered in France April 17, 1996.
A mondo film (from the Italian word for "world") is an exploitation documentary film, sometimes resembling a pseudo-documentary and usually depicting sensational topics, scenes or situations.
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- Mondo Cane (1962) In the Italian-made documentary Mondo Cane, the narrator emphasizes the need to show the world as it actually is. However, the manipulation employed by the filmmakers reveals the movie’s true intent to shock by emphasizing the “barbarism” of other cultures.
- Women of the World (1963) After the success of Mondo Cane, filmmakers Paolo Cavara, Gualtiero Jacopetti, and Franco Prosperi quickly returned with another documentary.
- Africa Addio (1966) Africa Addio (also released as Africa: Blood and Guts) is a brutal documentary about the effects of the end of colonial rule in Africa.
- Mondo Bizarro (1966) Mondo Bizarro, one of the first American documentaries/pseudo-documentaries made in the “mondo” style, makes its intentions known right away.
From love in the streets of Paris to death on the African plain, the acclaimed MONDO CANE masters turn their unflinching eye on all the things never before known - and never before shown - about WOMEN OF THE WORLD.
Mondo (Ovidiu Balan), a young orphaned gypsy, finds himself in France, where he scouts out potential foster families, evades the police and meets an assortment of eccentric people.
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Feb 28, 2024 · Mondo Films. The mondo film is a specific style of documentary, and the predecessor to the "shockumentary". Mondo films have a specific, often ethnocentric, and condescending approach.
