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Fontamara

62 %|Sep 12, 1980|Drama

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.

Featured Crew

Carlo Lizzani
Director
Ignazio Silone
Novel
Luciano Calosso
Costume Design
Luigi Scaccianoce
Production Design
Enzo Nigro
Production Manager
Roberto De Simone
Original Music Composer
Giulio Mandelli
Delegated Producer
Piero Lazzari
Line Producer