Vittorio De Seta

The Profile

Italian film director (1923–2011) known for documentary filmmaking and the 1961 feature Banditi a Orgosolo.

Born in 1923 and died in 2011. Renowned for documentary shorts in the 1950s and for the feature film Banditi a Orgosolo (1961).

The available review discusses Vittorio De Seta's Lettere Dal Sahara as a sociological reportage/documentary following Assane Kebe's journey through Italy. The reviewer finds the film lucid and effective in dramatizing immigration issues, though slightly stereotypical. Themes include exploitation by mafias, xenophobic violence, and the role of social services in integration. The film ends with the protagonist returning to Senegal.