Fontamara

Fontamara (1980)

Drama

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.

Director: Carlo Lizzani
Writers: Lucio De Caro, Carlo Lizzani.

Casts

	Michele Placido as Berardo Viola
	Antonella Murgia as Elvira
	Ida Di Benedetto as Maria Rosa
	Imma Piro as Maria Grazia
	Antonio Orlando as Antonio
	Deddi Savagnone as
	Liliana Gerace as
	Marcello Monti as
	Dino Sarti as
	Ciccio Busacca as
	Enzo Monteduro as
	Lino Coletta as
	Franco Javarone as
	Marina Confalone as Recchiuta
	Armando Bandini as
	Franco Ferri as
	Costantino Carrozza as
	Marija Tocinoski as
	Nelide Giammarco as

Crew