La grande quercia

Overview

In 1943, Vincenzio and Maria take their children to his father's Tuscan farm. Vincenzio commutes to Rome where he's a physician and, in the hospital basement, prints an anti-Fascist paper. His brother is in the Resistance; his father supplies food to a local monastery where 12 fugitives hide. All is seen through the eyes of the oldest child, Paulo, who's about 7 and the only lad at school who doesn't wear a Fascist Youth uniform. For Paulo and his siblings, it's great fun playing with their nonno, finding herbs in the fields, watching a maid's tryst with a soldier, teasing a silent monk. Then the war reaches the farm when Italy surrenders and the Germans exact revenge.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

May 7, 1997

Original language

English

Spoken languages

Italian

Countries

Italy

Production

General Movies sr

Cast

Mariella Valentini,Gigio Alberti

Director

Paolo Bianchini

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0116444