No Peace Under the Olive Tree
No Peace Under the Olive Tree | |
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Lucia Bosé Folco Lulli | |
Cinematography | Piero Portalupi |
Edited by | Gabriele Varriale |
Music by | Goffredo Petrassi |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Lux Film |
Release date | 10 September 1950 |
Running time | 107 minutes |
Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
No Peace Under the Olive Tree (Italian: Non c'è pace tra gli ulivi) is a 1950 Italian
Communist De Santis had been stung by left-wing criticism due to American cultural elements included the film which he purposefully excluded from the follow-up. He also included characters who were less ambiguous and concluded with a happy ending, similar to those of Socialist realism.[3]
The film's sets were designed by the art director Carlo Egidi. Location shooting took place around Fondi in Lazio, the hometown of director De Santis.
Synopsis
A young
Second World War having been held in a prisoner of war camp. He finds that the local landowner has stolen his sheep
and his girlfriend. When he also assaults and murders his sister, the shepherd takes revenge.
Cast
- Raf Vallone as Francesco Dominici
- Lucia Boséas Lucia
- Folco Lulli as Agostino Bonfiglio
- Maria Grazia Francia as Maria Grazia
- Dante Maggio as Salvatore
- Maresciallo
- Vincenzo Talarico as the lawyer
- Pietro Tordi as Don Gaetano
References
Bibliography
- Gundle, Stephen. Fame Amid the Ruins: Italian Film Stardom in the Age of Neorealism. Berghahn Books, 2019.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Non c'è pace tra gli ulivi.
- No Peace Under the Olive Tree at IMDb
- Adriano Aprà: Under Close Watch: Under the Olive Tree