Summary 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. Berardo dies from the tortures and Antonio can only go back to his Fontamara after signing a paper in which he declares that Berardo had killed himself. View more details
Directed : Carlo Lizzani
Written : Lucio De Caro Carlo Lizzani Ignazio Silone
Stars : Michele Placido Antonella Murgia Imma Piro Ida Di Benedetto
Genres : Drama
Release date : Oct 9, 1980
Countries of origin : Italy
Language : Italian
Filming locations : Avezzano, L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy
Production companies : RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana Erre Cinematografica
Summary 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. Berardo dies from the tortures and Antonio can only go back to his Fontamara after signing a paper in which he declares that Berardo had killed himself. View more details
Genres : Drama
Release date : Oct 9, 1980
Countries of origin : Italy
Language : Italian
Filming locations : Avezzano, L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy
Production companies : RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana Erre Cinematografica
