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2 September 1977 (Italy) morePlot:
The true story of the life of Gavino Ledda, the son of a Sardinian shepherd, and how he managed to escape his harsh... more | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 6 wins moreUser Comments:
disturbing film with tons of poetry moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Omero Antonutti | ... | Father | |
| Saverio Marconi | ... | Gavino | |
| Marcella Michelangeli | ... | Mother | |
| Fabrizio Forte | ... | Young Gavino | |
| Marino Cenna | ... | Young shepherd | |
| Stanko Molnar | ... | Sebasiano | |
| Nanni Moretti | ... | Cesare | |
| Pierluigi Alvau | |||
| Giuseppino Angioni | |||
| Fabio Angioni | |||
| Giuseppe Brandino | |||
| Mario Cheri | |||
| Giuseppe Chessa Perle | |||
| Domenico Deriu | |||
| Marina D'Onofrio |
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Vittorio and Paolo Taviani are surely one of the most important Italian directors ever and just like all the great masters they often have their not so brilliant movies, but "Padre Pardone" certainly belongs to the best they ever made. It's all based on a true story and sometimes people tend to forget that there are places that God forget. In an agricultural area in Sardinia some folks pretend it's better to take care of the sheeps rather than scoring well at school. The young Gavino (Fabrizio Forte) goes to his school but one day he's father comes in the classroom telling him that his schooldays are over and that it is time to take up his duty as shepherd. The brothers Taviani are masters in filming the useless factors of the job as we see a young boy who absolutely has no interest in the job he got by his father, and we see some explicit scenes in where the almighty father beat his children. Schoking that's for sure and if the Gavino grows older we see his hunger to learn something (the poor boy couldn't read) as soon as he must enter the world of the army which is in total contrast with the world of the hills where sheep run. The story itself is rather hard to bear and you often shake your head by disbelief but still the Taviani-brothers are opting for a sober and poetic approach of the problem that it looks like you're viewing some touristic documentary of an area that God forgot. "Padre pardone" is certainly the kind of movie that will have both its lovers and enemies but having said that, you know that "Padre Pardone" belongs to the classic section of the Italian cinema that will never be forgotten.