Fontamara

The story

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.

Cast

M Michele PlacidoBerardo Viola A Antonella MurgiaElvira I Ida Di BenedettoMaria Rosa I Imma PiroMaria Grazia A Antonio OrlandoAntonio D Deddi Savagnone L Liliana Gerace M Marcello Monti D Dino Sarti C Ciccio Busacca E Enzo Monteduro L Lino Coletta

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F Franco Javarone M Marina ConfaloneRecchiuta A Armando Bandini F Franco Ferri C Costantino Carrozza M Marija Tocinoski N Nelide Giammarco