Summary 1943, Italy's Salentino peninsula. Tony, an American fighter pilot, raised speaking Italian in New York, parachutes to safety and is hidden at the olive farm of Carmine, a man with three daughters. One is being courted by Pasquale, the son of the area's largest landowner. It is she, Cosima, whom Tony falls for. He gets to know her through the rhythms of the farm and a traditional way of life, expressed in spontaneous song and in pizzicatas (a courtship dance; a dance that enacts a knife fight between men; and, the frenzied tarantata - a woman's dance exorcising passion). As Carmine protects Tony and as Cosima begins to love him, Pasquale does not go gently. View more details
Directed : Edoardo Winspeare
Written : Edoardo Winspeare
Stars : Cosimo Cinieri Chiara Torelli Fabio Frascaro Anna Dimitri
Genres : Drama Romance War Music
Release date : Aug 10, 2000
Countries of origin : Germany Italy
Language : Italian
Production companies : Süddeutscher Rundfunk (SDR) Classic Horres Film + TV
Summary 1943, Italy's Salentino peninsula. Tony, an American fighter pilot, raised speaking Italian in New York, parachutes to safety and is hidden at the olive farm of Carmine, a man with three daughters. One is being courted by Pasquale, the son of the area's largest landowner. It is she, Cosima, whom Tony falls for. He gets to know her through the rhythms of the farm and a traditional way of life, expressed in spontaneous song and in pizzicatas (a courtship dance; a dance that enacts a knife fight between men; and, the frenzied tarantata - a woman's dance exorcising passion). As Carmine protects Tony and as Cosima begins to love him, Pasquale does not go gently. View more details
Genres : Drama Romance War Music
Release date : Aug 10, 2000
Countries of origin : Germany Italy
Language : Italian
Production companies : Süddeutscher Rundfunk (SDR) Classic Horres Film + TV
