The Walls of Sana'a
1974 · 16 MIN · IMDB 7.0 · 408 VOTES · DIR. Pier Paolo Pasolini
Overview
The capital of Yemen, the city of Sana'a, holds an important part of history within its walls filled with medieval architecture and culture. But that same culture was about to disappear with the country's modernization which came after the civil war in the 1960's. To impeach such modern invasion, director Pasolini pledges to UNESCO for the recognition of Sana'a as a World Heritage Site.
Dialogue Timeline — 124 lines
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00:00:01 THE WALLS OF SANA
00:01:00 remembers the construction of the highway, that was built by Chinese
00:02:03 ended with the victory for those
00:02:28 such as we have in the West.
00:03:01 as it often happens in the Third World
00:03:37 the first consumer goods from the industrial culture
00:04:04 and full of enthusiasm of a victorious postwar period.
00:04:49 A new, though shoddy,structure of a modern city is being born:
00:05:16 the residence of the President of the Republic...
00:07:41 It never suffered any contamination from the outside world...
00:08:04 Yemeni rulling class is ashamed of her
00:08:29 there is now something indefinable; calling it ugly is an understatement.
00:08:56 Ham is good, just as the profile of the village is good.
00:09:24 and new things that are happening seem good to me.
00:09:44 It's a consequence of typical Italian carelessness.
00:10:09 So much so, that it was criticised by people who are not from Orte...
00:10:29 Main city gate of Sana opens to places...
00:10:57 to help Yemen retain awareness of its identity...
00:11:24 to find a way to make this new nation...
00:11:56 and to preserve this important beauty
00:12:23 In the name of the simple men who were kept pure by poverty...
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed124
Dialogue density7.8 lines / min
First line00:00:01
Final line00:12:23
Production Record
DirectorPier Paolo Pasolini
LanguageItalian
IMDb votes408