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Original title

Anni difficili

Year

1948

Running time

113 min.

Country

Italy

Director

Luigi Zampa

Screenwriter

Sergio Amidei, Franco Evangelisti, Vitaliano Brancati, Enrico Fulchignoni. Novel: Vitaliano Brancati

Cast

Music

Franco Casavola, Nino Rota

Cinematography

Carlo Montuori (B&W)

Producer

Briguglio Films

Genre

Drama. War | Neorealism

Synopsis

Aldo Piscitello, a minor government clerk, is forced in 1934 to join the Fascist party. When the war comes, he finds himself able only to talk ineffectually in secret against Mussolini, even as his own son Giovanni is sent into battle. By the end of the war, Aldo has found the courage to stand up for his beliefs, but by then it is too late.

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Difficult Years

1948

Luigi Zampa

7.6

(152)