From the Clouds to the Resistance (1979)

Plot Summary

Two segments. The first one arranges six stories from Cesare Pavese’s «Dialoghi con Leucò», taken from classical mythology. The second segment is taken from Pavese’s novel «La luna e i falò»: after World War II the emigrant «The Bastard» comes back to his village in the Langhe (northern Italy) to find out that everyone he knew has died, and that the war has deeply changed relationships between people.

Movie Details

Original Title

Dalla nube alla resistenza

Status

released

Original Language

it

Where to watch free (US)

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Production Companies

Janus Film und Fernsehen

Artificial Eye

Straub-Huillet

RAI

INA