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| Omero Antonutti | ... | Father | |
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Saverio Marconi | ... | Gavino |
| Marcella Michelangeli | ... | Mother | |
| Fabrizio Forte | ... | Young Gavino | |
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Marino Cenna | ... | Young shepherd |
| Stanko Molnar | ... | Sebastiano | |
| Nanni Moretti | ... | Cesare | |
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Giuseppino Angioni | ||
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Fabio Angioni | ||
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Giuseppe Brandino | ||
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Mario Cheri | ||
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Giuseppe Chessa Perle | ||
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Marina D'Onofrio | ||
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The true story of the life of Gavino Ledda, the son of a Sardinian shepherd, and how he managed to escape his harsh, almost barbaric existence by slowly educating himself, despite violent opposition from his brutal father. Written by Michael Brooke <michael@everyman.demon.co.uk>
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Country:
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2 September 1977 (Italy) See more »Also Known As:
Padre Padrone See more »Filming Locations:
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Father: Don't laugh at Gavino. Hands on your desks! Today is Gavino's turn. Tomorrow will be yours.
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The actual author of the autobiographical book the movie is based on, Gavino Ledda, appears at the beginning and the end of the movie and talks to the audience. Ironically, he gives a stick to the actor playing the father: a symbol of the violence the father exerts on his son (i.e. Ledda himself in real life). See more »Quotes
[last lines]Father: Don't laugh at Gavino. Hands on your desks! Today is Gavino's turn. Tomorrow will be yours.
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This film made in the late seventies in Italy describes a rural family in the island of Sardinia. One year later, another film on agrarian society, "L'albero degli Zoccoli", also made in Italy, was a smashing success. The success among the italian audiences was attributed to a nostalgic remembrance of agrarian societies and lifestyle, also seen in Bertolucci's "1900". This film had a profound effect in many third-world countries. People from Turkey and from Madascar that came from rural patriarcal families whose economy was based on sheep farming saw this movie as their life manifesto. The struggles of the young son as he grows in his father's sheep farm are depicted in Taviani's style of symbolism. Notable is the army buddy that is a medical school graduate played by Nanni Moretti, who eventually became one of Italy's current leading film directors. See this movie with "Banditi a Orgosolo" (1960) if you can find it.