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12/09/1980 Drama 2h 19m
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Overview

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.

  1. Carlo Lizzani

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Michele Placido

    Berardo Viola

  2. Antonella Murgia

    Elvira

  3. Ida Di Benedetto

    Maria Rosa

  4. Imma Piro

    Maria Grazia

  5. Antonio Orlando

    Antonio

  6. Deddi Savagnone

  7. Liliana Gerace

  8. Marcello Monti

  9. Dino Sarti

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Full Cast & Crew

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Status
Released

Original Language
Italian

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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