Fontamara
1980, Italian. Directed by Carlo Lizzani.
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.
- Runtime
- 2h 19m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Italian
- Rated
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- Released
- 12 September 1980
- Country
- Italy
- Written by
- Lucio De Caro, Carlo Lizzani
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Fontamara runs 139 minutes (2h 19m).
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Fontamara isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 12 September 1980.
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Who directed Fontamara?
Fontamara (1980) was directed by Carlo Lizzani and stars Michele Placido, Antonella Murgia, Ida Di Benedetto.