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Fontamara (1980)
Directed by Carlo Lizzani
Overview
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.
Length 139 minutes
Actors
Michele Placido | Antonella Murgia | Ida Di Benedetto | Imma Piro | Antonio Orlando | Deddi Savagnone | Liliana Gerace | Marcello Monti | Dino Sarti | Ciccio Busacca | Enzo Monteduro | Lino Coletta | Franco Javarone | Marina Confalone | Armando Bandini | Franco Ferri | Costantino Carrozza | Marija Točinoski | Nelide Giammarco