
16 May 1973

La Grande Bouffe
Four friends gather at a villa with the intention of eating themselves to death.
History as immersion and dispersion in the fragments of the past, a visionary journey accompanied by the voice of Patty Pravo. Presented at the Taormina Festival '97.
16 May 1973
Four friends gather at a villa with the intention of eating themselves to death.
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