Workers, Peasants (2001)

Workers, Peasants (2001)

Release Date: 2001, September 30
Directors: Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet
Countries: Germany, France, Italy
Production: Le Fresnoy, Pierre Grise Productions, Capricci Films, Teatro Comunale Francesco di Bartolo, SR, SWR, WDR
Cast: Rosalba Curatola, Aldo Fruttuosi, Enrico Achilli, Martina Gionfriddo, Enrico Pelosini, Angela Durantini, Andrea Balducci, Gianpaolo Cassarino, Giacinto Di Pascoli, Gabriella Taddei, Vittorio Vigneri, Angela Nugara

Overview:

A group of men and women have been brought together after World War II, when Italy regained its national and territorial unity. They make up a primitive community which seeks to erase not only the distress created by the war but also the hardships of life, and look to protect themselves from violence, misery and fear. Amid the ruins of this post-war period, these men and women build a new rapport between themselves, between sexes, between generations, between social and geographical origins, between political camps.