Fontamara (film)

Fontamara
Directed by	Carlo Lizzani
Written by	Carlo Lizzani
Screenplay by	Carlo Lizzani Lucio De Caro
Story by	Ignazio Silone (novel)
Produced by	Piero Lazzari Edmondo Ricci
Starring	Michele Placido Imma Piro Antonella Murgia Ida Di Benedetto
Cinematography	Mario Vulpiani
Edited by	Franco Fraticelli
Music by	Roberto De Simone
Running time	139 minutes 205 minutes (extended TV cut - 4 episodes)
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Fontamara is a 1980 Italian film, directed by Carlo Lizzani based on the novel of the same name by Ignazio Silone. It stars Michele Placido in the role of Berardo Viola and Antonella Murgia as Elvira. Ida Di Benedetto won the Nastro d'Argento (Silver Ribbon) for Best supporting Actress in 1981 for her supporting role as Maria Rosa.

Plot

In 1929 in Abruzzo, in the mountain villages of Pescina and Fontamara, near Avezzano, the people are subjugated by the arrival of a team of fascists. The militiamen prove hostile, preventing citizens from obtaining supplies necessary to survive the imminent winter. The small Berardo is shocked by the rape of his mother by a fascist officer, and is forced to go to Rome, meditating revenge. Ten years later Berardo in fact, now that he has become large, goes back from Rome in Abruzzo, and discovers that the country is still victim of abuse of fascism. The young communist tries to attack squadrons, but is murdered.

Cast

• Michele Placido – Berardo Viola
• Ida Di Benedetto – Maria Rosa
• Imma Piro – Maria Grazia
• Antonella Murgia – Elvira

External links

• http://www.filmscoop.it/film_al_cinema/fontamara.asp
• Fontamara at IMDb