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Fontamara (1980)

Fontamara (1980)

Drama
Release Date: 1980, September 12
Directors: Carlo Lizzani
Countries: Italy
Production: RAI, RAI, Erre Cinematografica, Erre Cinematografica
Cast: Antonio Orlando, Michele Placido, Imma Piro, Marina Confalone, Ida Di Benedetto, Antonella Murgia

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.