La Grande Quercia

– In 1943, Vincenzio and Maria take their children to his father's Tuscan farm. Vincenzio commutes to ..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.60 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 32 Minutes
Release Year:
1997
La grande quercia (1997)

In 1943, Vincenzio and Maria take their children to his father's Tuscan farm. Vincenzio commutes to Rome where he's a physician and, in the hospital basement, prints an anti-Fascist paper. His brother is in the Resistance; his father supplies food to a local monastery where 12 fugitives hide. All is seen through the eyes of the oldest child, Paulo, who's about 7 and the only lad at school who doesn't wear a Fascist Youth uniform. For Paulo and his siblings, it's great fun playing with their nonno, finding herbs in the fields, watching a maid's tryst with a soldier, teasing a silent monk. Then the war reaches the farm when Italy surrenders and the Germans exact revenge.

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Release Date:

01 Oct 1997

Language:

Italian

Director:

Paolo Bianchini

Writer:

Paolo Bianchini (story), Leone Colonna (screenplay)

Main Actors:

Gigio Alberti, Mariella Valentini, Emanuela Moschin, Roberta Nolis

Plot:

In 1943, Vincenzio and Maria take their children to his father's Tuscan farm. Vincenzio commutes to Rome where he's a physician and, in the hospital basement, prints an anti-Fascist paper. His brother is in the Resistance; his father supplies food to a local monastery where 12 fugitives hide. All is seen through the eyes of the oldest child, Paulo, who's about 7 and the only lad at school who doesn't wear a Fascist Youth uniform. For Paulo and his siblings, it's great fun playing with their nonno, finding herbs in the fields, watching a maid's tryst with a soldier, teasing a silent monk. Then the war reaches the farm when Italy surrenders and the Germans exact revenge.

Awards:

1 win.

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.2/10