

3 votes
1980
2h 19m
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.
Directed by Carlo Lizzani

Michele Placido
Berardo Viola
Antonella Murgia
Elvira
Ida Di Benedetto
Maria Rosa
Imma Piro
Maria GraziaAntonio 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

Costantino Carrozza
Marija Tocinoski

Nelide Giammarco
Status
Released
Release date
September 12, 1980
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Language
Italian