Fontamara 43 years old

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.

Credits

Fontamara Cast

Name Character
Michele Placido He was 33, now 77 years old
Ida Di Benedetto She was 34, now 78 years old
Antonella Murgia

Fontamara Crew

Name Department
Carlo Lizzani as Director. He was 57 (91) years old when He died Directing
Fontamara poster
Fontamara (43 years)

  • Release day: Tuesday, April 01, 1980
  • Runtime: 139 minutes