Fontamara
1980 · Movie · 139 min. · Italy
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
Direction Carlo Lizzani
Cast Michele Placido · Ida Di Benedetto · Antonella Murgia · Imma Piro · Antonio Orlando · Deddi Savagnone · Liliana Gerace · Marcello Monti · Dino Sarti · Ciccio Busacca
Soundtrack Roberto De Simone
Screenplay Lucio De Caro · Carlo Lizzani · Ignazio Silone
Cinematography Mario Vulpiani
Original title Fontamara
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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