Bella ciao (2000)
A man struggles to support his family while remaining true to his ideals in this drama set in Europe during the 1930s. Orfeo Mancini and his wife Nella are a pair of working-class Italians who years ago swore allegiance to the Communist party. With Mussolini on the rise, Orfeo and Nella come to the conclusion that they are no longer welcome in their native land, and they decide to pull up stakes and move to America with their two children. As a result of some confusion en route, the Mancinis end up in Marseilles rather than the United States; needing work, Orfeo takes a job working as a manual laborer for a wealthy landowner. This requires a serious amount of pride-swallowing on Orfeo's part, since his new boss is an Italian expatriate who once courted Nella. The situation becomes all the more difficult for Orfeo when his employer throws his allegiances behind the growing fascist movement.
Director: Stéphane Giusti
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Isabelle Carré as La Liberté / Marie |
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Jacques Gamblin as Orféo |
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Yaël Abecassis as Nella |
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Jalil Lespert as Oreste |
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Océane Mozas as Soledad |
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Serge Hazanavicius as Achille |
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Vittoria Scognamiglio as Silvia |
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Vahina Giocante as Bianca |
| Directing | Stéphane Giusti | Director |
| Production | Caroline Adrian | Producer |
| Production | Mark Balsam | Producer |
| Production | Denis Carot | Producer |
| Production | Marie Masmonteil | Producer |
| Sound | Lazare Boghossian | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Jacques Bouquin | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Catherine Schwartz | Editor |
| Production | Julien Grossi | Casting |
| Production | Stéphane Foenkinos | Casting |
| Art | Gérald Fauritte | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Catherine Rigault | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nathalie Champigny | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Myriam Da Silva | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Fabrice Herbet | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Franck Mignelli | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jean-Jacques Puchu | Key Hair Stylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Valérie Tranier | Key Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Hervé Buirette | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Vincent Cosson | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | François Groult | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Ludovic Hénault | Sound |
| Sound | Laurent Lévy | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Corinne Rozenberg | Sound Editor |
| Writing | Raphaëlle Desplechin | Writer |
| Writing | Stéphane Giusti | Writer |
