IL RITORNO DEL FIGLIO PRODIGO - UMILIATI
by Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet
synopsis
A group of World War II survivors from all over Italy come together to form a sort of “commune”. They want to forget the hardships of the conflict they have just lived through and set about sorting out the issue of the day-to-day survival. They take over a bombed-out village and make it their home and refuge against all the ugliness and brutality in the world.
From the novel "Le donne di Messina" by Elio Vittorini.
original title: | Il ritorno del figlio prodigo - Umiliati |
country: | Italy, France |
year: | 2003 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet |
film run: | 64' |
release date: | FR 23/04/2003 |
screenplay: | Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub |
cast: | Enrico Achilli, Andrea Balducci, Dolando Bernardini, Giampaolo Cassarino, Federico Ciaramella, Rosalba Curatola, Giacinto Di Pascoli |
cinematography by: | Renato Berta, Jean-Paul Toraille, Marion Befve |
producer: | Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet |
production: | Straub-Huillet, Pierre Grise Productions |
distributor: | Pierre Grise Distribution |