Released:
1980-09-12

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.

Director:
Carlo Lizzani

Runtime:
2h 19min

Genre:
Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Michele Placido
  as
  Berardo Viola
• 
  Antonella Murgia
  as
  Elvira
• 
  Ida Di Benedetto
  as
  Maria Rosa
• 
  Imma Piro
  as
  Maria Grazia
• 
  Antonio Orlando
  as
  Antonio