Fontamara (film)
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Fontamara | |
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Directed by | Carlo Lizzani |
Written by | Carlo Lizzani |
Screenplay by | Carlo Lizzani Lucio De Caro |
Story by | Ignazio Silone (novel) |
Produced by | Piero Lazzari Edmondo Ricci |
Starring | Michele Placido Imma Piro Antonella Murgia Ida Di Benedetto |
Cinematography | Mario Vulpiani |
Edited by | Franco Fraticelli |
Music by | Roberto De Simone |
Running time | 139 minutes
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Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
Fontamara is a 1980 Italian film, directed by
Best supporting Actress
in 1981 for her supporting role as Maria Rosa.
Plot
In 1929 in Abruzzo, in the mountain villages of Pescina and Fontamara, near Avezzano, the people are subjugated by the arrival of a team of fascists. The militiamen prove hostile, preventing citizens from obtaining supplies necessary to survive the imminent winter. The small Berardo is shocked by the rape of his mother by a fascist officer, and is forced to go to Rome, meditating revenge. Ten years later Berardo in fact, now that he has become large, goes back from Rome in Abruzzo, and discovers that the country is still victim of abuse of fascism. The young communist tries to attack squadrons, but is murdered.
Cast
- Michele Placido – Berardo Viola
- Ida Di Benedetto – Maria Rosa
- Imma Piro – Maria Grazia
- Antonella Murgia – Elvira