No Peace Under the Olive Tree
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| Directed by | Giuseppe De Santis |
| Written by | Giuseppe De Santis Gianni Puccini |
| Produced by | Domenico Forges Davanzati |
| Starring | Raf Vallone Lucia Bosé Folco Lulli |
| Cinematography | Piero Portalupi |
| Edited by | Gabriele Varriale |
| Music by | Goffredo Petrassi |
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| Distributed by | Lux Film |
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Running time | 107 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
No Peace Under the Olive Tree (Italian: Non c'è pace tra gli ulivi) is a 1950 Italian neorealist drama film directed by Giuseppe De Santis and starring Raf Vallone, Lucia Bosé and Folco Lulli.[1] It was the director's follow-up to Bitter Rice (1949) which also starred Vallone. It was originally planned to partner him with Silvana Mangano again, but due to her pregnancy she was replaced by Lucia Bosé.[2] Despite the commercial success of Bitter Rice, the Communist De Santis had been stung by left-wing criticism due to American cultural elements included the film which he purposefully excluded from the follow-up. He also included characters who were less ambiguous and concluded with a happy ending, similar to those of Socialist realism.[3]
The film's sets were designed by the art director Carlo Egidi. Location shooting took place around Fondi in Lazio, the hometown of director De Santis.
Synopsis
[edit]A young shepherd returns home after the Second World War having been held in a prisoner of war camp. He finds that the local landowner has stolen his sheep and his girlfriend. When he also assaults and murders his sister, the shepherd takes revenge.
Cast
[edit]- Raf Vallone as Francesco Dominici
- Lucia Bosé as Lucia
- Folco Lulli as Agostino Bonfiglio
- Maria Grazia Francia as Maria Grazia
- Dante Maggio as Salvatore
- Michele Riccardini as the Maresciallo
- Vincenzo Talarico as the lawyer
- Pietro Tordi as Don Gaetano
References
[edit]Bibliography
[edit]- Gundle, Stephen. Fame Amid the Ruins: Italian Film Stardom in the Age of Neorealism. Berghahn Books, 2019.
External links
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