About
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
Writers
Producers
Giulio Mandelli, Piero Lazzari, Edmondo Ricci
Music
Studio
RAI, Erre Cinematografica
Original Language
Italian
Cast
Full credits →M
Michele Placido
Berardo Viola
A
Antonella Murgia
Elvira
I
Ida Di Benedetto
Maria Rosa
I
Imma Piro
Maria Grazia
A
Antonio Orlando
Antonio
D
Deddi Savagnone
L
Liliana Gerace
M
Marcello Monti
E
Enzo Monteduro
L
Lino Coletta
F
Franco Javarone
M
Marina Confalone
Recchiuta
A
Armando Bandini
F
Franco Ferri
C
Costantino Carrozza
M
Marija Tocinoski
