Documentary · Italy · 1962 · 18m

La Taranta

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Director
Gianfranco Mingozzi
Cast
Crew
Ugo Piccone — Director of Photography Diego Carpitella — Original Music Composer Salvatore Quasimodo — Writer Franco Finzi de Barbora — Producer
Synopsis

Documentary on a religious practice in the Puglia region of Italy whereby women assert that they have been bitten by a tarantula and dance until they are exorcised of the poison.

Key Collaborators
Gianfranco Mingozzi Director Ugo Piccone Director of Photography Diego Carpitella Original Music Composer Salvatore Quasimodo Writer Franco Finzi de Barbora Producer
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