
Cinetrā

Cinetrā

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.
Cast: Michele Placido, Antonella Murgia, Ida Di Benedetto, Imma Piro, Antonio Orlando, Deddi Savagnone, Liliana Gerace, Marcello Monti, Dino Sarti, Ciccio Busacca, Enzo Monteduro, Lino Coletta, Franco Javarone, Marina Confalone, Armando Bandini, Franco Ferri, Costantino Carrozza, Marija Tocinoski, Nelide Giammarco
Writers: Ignazio Silone (Novel), Lucio De Caro (Screenplay), Carlo Lizzani (Screenplay)
Cinematographer: Mario Vulpiani
Production Designer: Luigi Scaccianoce
Editor: Franco Fraticelli
Sound Designer: Romeo Buccheri, Bruno Longobardo
Composer: Roberto De Simone
Costume Designer: Luciano Calosso
Direction team: Rinaldo Ricci (First Assistant Director), Maria Teresa Elena (Second Assistant Director), Marisa Agostini (Script Supervisor)
Producers: Giulio Mandelli, Piero Lazzari, Edmondo Ricci
Production: RAI, Erre Cinematografica