In the fascist Italy of 1935, a painter trained as a doctor is exiled to a remote region near Eboli. Over time, he learns to appreciate the beauty and wisdom of the peasants, and to ...
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| Gian Maria Volontè | ... | Carlo Levi | |
| Paolo Bonacelli | ... | Don Luigi Magalone | |
| Alain Cuny | ... | Barone Nicola Rotunno | |
| Lea Massari | ... | Luisa Levi | |
| Irene Papas | ... | Giulia Venere | |
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François Simon | ... | Don Traiella |
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Luigi Infantino | ||
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Accursio Di Leo | ... | Joiner |
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Francesco Callari | ||
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Enzo Vitale | ... | Dottore Milillo (as Vincenzo Vitale) |
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Antonio Allocca | ... | Don Cosimino |
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Vincenzo Licata | ... | L'italo-americano |
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Muzzi Loffredo | ||
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Lidia Bavusi | ||
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Francesco Capotorto | ||
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In the fascist Italy of 1935, a painter trained as a doctor is exiled to a remote region near Eboli. Over time, he learns to appreciate the beauty and wisdom of the peasants, and to overcome his isolation. Written by Benjamin Bergery <bbjamin@micronet.fr>
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interwar period | kingdom of italy | fascist italy | campania | lucania italy |Genres:
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ItalianRelease Date:
23 February 1979 (Italy) See more »Also Known As:
Christ Stopped at Eboli See more »Company Credits
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Carlo Levi: Yes, I would. But it's not easy.
Luisa Levi: Come on, don't exaggerate. Don't tell me that here even finding a cleaning lady is impossible.
Carlo Levi: Here a woman wouldn't go in the house of a single man. Just spending time together implies sleeping together.
Luisa Levi: You can't be serious.
Carlo Levi: Oh, yes I am.
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Included among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven Schneider. See more »Goofs
On the bus, the way Carlo holds the dog changes. See more »Quotes
Luisa Levi: You'd need a woman here.Carlo Levi: Yes, I would. But it's not easy.
Luisa Levi: Come on, don't exaggerate. Don't tell me that here even finding a cleaning lady is impossible.
Carlo Levi: Here a woman wouldn't go in the house of a single man. Just spending time together implies sleeping together.
Luisa Levi: You can't be serious.
Carlo Levi: Oh, yes I am.
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I have seen this TV film several times after reading Carlo Levi's book and having been to the Basilicata area in which Levi was exiled.
I consider the film to represent the book's aims which is to show the oppressed state of the peasants in Basilicata, the remoteness and lack of care of central government in Rome and the way in which the fascists could control the local area with very limited support - but of the people who mattered, the mayor, doctor, police. The rest of the populace could be, and were ignored.
A brief nitpicking comment on the title. It comes from something the priest said - on the lines that Christ never reached Aliano but stopped at Eboli some 150 miles distant. Eboli plays no part in Levi's book and the start of the film is wrong in showing him changing trains there, and picking up the stray dog. To get to Matera, where he started his exile he changed in Bari and would not have gone anywhere near Eboli.