Italy / Sep 12, 1980
2h 19min
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
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.
Main cast
Genres
Drama
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Fontamara |
| Original language | Italiano (IT) |
| Spoken languages | Italiano |
| Production countries | Italy |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | RAI, Erre Cinematografica |
| Release date | 12 settembre 1980 |
| Executive producer | Edmondo Ricci |
| Production | Piero Lazzari |
| Writer | Ignazio Silone, Lucio De Caro, Carlo Lizzani |
| Editing | Franco Fraticelli, Alessandro Gabriele, Roberto Priori |
| Cinematography | Mario Vulpiani, Maurizio Michelizzi, Enrico Appetito, Mario Bagnato, Massimiliano Sambuco, Claudio Morabito |
| Assistant directors | Maria Teresa Elena, Rinaldo Ricci, Carlo Lizzani, Marisa Agostini |
| Lighting | Romano Mancini |
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| Camera operators | Claudio Morabito, Maurizio Michelizzi, Enrico Appetito, Mario Bagnato, Massimiliano Sambuco, Mario Vulpiani |
| Additional photography | Maurizio Michelizzi, Enrico Appetito, Mario Bagnato, Massimiliano Sambuco, Claudio Morabito, Mario Vulpiani |
| Production design | Luigi Scaccianoce, Paolo Biagetti |
| Art direction | Luigi Scaccianoce, Paolo Biagetti |
| Set decoration | Paolo Biagetti, Luigi Scaccianoce |
| Music | Roberto De Simone, Romeo Buccheri, Sebastiano Scutti, Alberto Doni, Alvaro Gramigna, Fernando Caso, Bruno Longobardo |
| Sound | Romeo Buccheri, Roberto De Simone, Sebastiano Scutti, Alberto Doni, Alvaro Gramigna, Fernando Caso, Bruno Longobardo |
| Costume design | Luciano Calosso, Mirella Ginnoto, Otello Sisi |
| Makeup | Otello Sisi, Luciano Calosso, Mirella Ginnoto |
| Hairstyling | Luciano Calosso, Mirella Ginnoto, Otello Sisi |
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