From the Clouds to the Resistance

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[]

External links[]

• From the Clouds to the Resistance at IMDb

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