From the Clouds to the Resistance
From the Clouds to the Resistance | |
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Directed by |
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Written by | Cesare Pavese Danièle Huillet Jean-Marie Straub |
Produced by | Danièle Huillet Jean-Marie Straub |
Starring | Olimpia Carlisi |
Cinematography | Giovanni Canfarelli Modica Saverio Diamante |
Release date |
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Running time | 104 minutes |
Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
From the Clouds to the Resistance (Italian: Dalla nube alla resistenza, literally From the Cloud to the Resistance) is a 1979 Italian drama film directed by Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub.[1] It competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival.[2]
Cast[]
- Olimpia Carlisi - The Cloud
- - Issione
- - Ippoloco
- - Sarpedonte
- - Edipo
- - Tiresia
- - 1st hunter
- - 2nd hunter
- Francesco Ragusa - Litierse
- - Eracle
- - Father
- - Son
- - The Bastard
- - Nuto
- - Cinto
Plot[]
- Part One: Six stories taken from Cesare Pavese's .
Philosophical conversations between mythological characters including Nephele/The Cloud (Olimpia Carlisi) and Issione/Ixion (Guido Lombardi), Ippòloco/Hippolochus () and Sarpedonte/Sarpedon (), Edipo/Oedipus () and Tiresias (), two hunters (Andrea Bacci and ) discussing reincarnation of humans punished by the gods, Litierse/Lityerses and Eracle/Heracles (Francesco Ragusa and ), and a father and son ( and ) who are burning a fire as an annual sacrifice to the land.
- Part Two:
Taken from Cesare Pavese's novel, La Luna e i Falò
After WWII, the emigrant 'The Bastard' () comes back to his village in the Langhe (northern Italy) to find that everyone he knew has died and the war has deeply changed relationships between people.
References[]
- ^ "New York Times: From the Clouds to the Resistance". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2011. Archived from the original on 20 May 2011. Retrieved 23 July 2008.
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: From the Clouds to the Resistance". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 25 May 2009.
External links[]
- 1979 films
- Italian-language films
- Italian films
- 1979 drama films
- Films directed by Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet
- Italian drama films
- 1970s Italian film stubs