Carpi fled in WWII to Switzerland, where he commenced his career as a film critic for the magazine Libera Stampa [or Free Press], and which he continued after his return to Italy working at L'Unita [a left-wing newspaper]. He moved to Brazil in 1951, where he wrote his first film script and for which he was awarded the Bronze Lion from the Venice Film Festival. In 1954, once again in Italy, he continued completing further screen plays until 1971, collaborating with Antonio Pietrangeli, Dino Risi, and Vittorio De Seta. In the 1950s and 1960s, he primarily produced literary works both as speaker and writer, amongst which the novels Dove sono i cannibali “Where Are The Cannibals”*, La digestion artifiziale “The Artificial Digestion”*, and Il circo di Pechino “Pechino’s Circus”* are acclaimed. 1968 saw his first appearance as a director of a short film, when he filmed his encounter with Cesare Zavattini for television. From 1970 onwards, he shot a series of interesting television and cinematic works which explored every day perspectives and (in collaboration with Luigi Malerba) afforded, with the use of literary, metaphorical and difficult themes, insight into the human psyche.