Film

Fontamara

1980 · 2h 19m · Drama

IMDb

6.9

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.

Michele Placido

Berardo Viola

Antonella Murgia

Elvira

Ida Di Benedetto

Maria Rosa

Imma Piro

Maria Grazia

Antonio Orlando

Antonio

Deddi Savagnone

Liliana Gerace

Marcello Monti

Dino Sarti

Ciccio Busacca

Enzo Monteduro

Lino Coletta

Franco Javarone

Marina Confalone

Recchiuta

Armando Bandini

Franco Ferri

• Carlo LizzaniDirector · Screenplay
• Lucio De CaroScreenplay
• Ignazio SiloneNovel
• Edmondo RicciExecutive Producer
• Mario VulpianiDirector of Photography
• Roberto De SimoneOriginal Music Composer
• Franco FraticelliEditor

Release date

September 12, 1980

Status

Released

Original language

Italian

Runtime

2h 19m

Genres

Drama