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Film · 1980 · 2h 19m

Fontamara

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Synopsis

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.

Details

Director
Carlo Lizzani
Release
September 12, 1980
Status
Released
Country
Italy
Network
RAI
Runtime
2h 19m

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