Summaries

Two segments. The first one arranges six stories from Cesare Pavese's "Dialoghi con Leucò", taken from classical mythology. The second segment is taken from Pavese's novel "La luna e i falò": after WWII the emigrant 'The Bastard' comes back to his village in the Langhe (northern Italy) to find that everyone he knew has died and the war has deeply changed relationships between people.—Anonymous

Details

Keywords
  • world war two
  • f rated
  • italy
  • mythology
  • post war
Genres
  • Drama
Release date Feb 6, 1980
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Not Rated
Countries of origin Italy United Kingdom France West Germany
Language Italian
Production companies Rai 2 Janus Film und Fernsehen Straub-Huillet

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Runtime 1h 44m
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