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Fontamara

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Original title

Fontamara

Year

1980

Running time

139 min.

Country

Italy

Director

Carlo Lizzani

Screenwriter

Lucio De Caro, Carlo Lizzani. Novel: Ignazio Silone

Cast

Music

Roberto De Simone

Cinematography

Mario Vulpiani

Producer

Radiotelevisione Italiana (RAI), Erre Cinematograsica S.r.l

Genre

Drama | 1920s

Synopsis

Fontamara is a village in the Marsica, forgotten by all but God and its inhabitants are called 'cafoni' (boors). Berardo Viola wants to marry Elvira but only after gaining enough money to buy some land and in order to reach his aim he has the idea of going to a great city. When Maria Grazia is raped by the fascists, Berardo and Antonio decide to leave Fontamara and go to Rome. Here they are swindled by a lawyer and afterwards they are invited by an antifascist to a restaurant where they are arrested by the police because of some subversive papers they had. Berardo dies from the tortures and Antonio can only go back to his Fontamara after signing a paper in which he declares that Berardo had killed himself. Written by Piergiorgio Romani

Awards: 1980: Montréal World Film Festival: Best Film (ex aequo)

1980: David di Donatello Awards: 3 Nominations, including Best Actor (Placido)

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Fontamara

1980

Carlo Lizzani