Fontamara

– Fontamara is a village in the Marsica, forgotten by all but God and its inhabitants are called 'cafo..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.00 / 10
Duration:
2 Hours and 19 Minutes
Release Year:
1980
Fontamara (1980)

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.

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Release Date:

10 Oct 1980

Language:

Italian

Director:

Carlo Lizzani

Writer:

Lucio De Caro, Carlo Lizzani, Ignazio Silone (novel)

Main Actors:

Michele Placido, Ida Di Benedetto, Antonella Murgia, Imma Piro

Plot:

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.

Awards:

2 wins & 2 nominations.

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.0/10