Cristo si è Fermato a Eboli (Christ Stopped at Eboli) (1979)
Release Date: Feb 23, 1979 Wide
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Based on an autobiographical novel by Carlo Levi, Cristo si e fermato a Eboli stars Gian-Maria Volonte as Levi, a prominent anti-fascist author and artist who, during Mussolini's regime was exiled to Eboli, a tiny village in Southern Italy. The government believed Levi's controversial views would fall on deaf ears, but as he spent time in the small pastoral community, the simple wisdom of the peasants came to have a profound impact on Levi, and his beliefs would also impact the people of Eboli.
Feb 23, 1979 Wide
Sep 23, 2003
Cast
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Gian Maria Volonté
Carlo Levi -
Paolo Bonacelli
Don Luigi Magalone -
Alain Cuny
Baron Rotundo -
Lea Massari
Luisa Levi -
Irene Papas
Giulia -
Francois Simon
Don Traiella
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Sentimentalizes the peasants to the point where we're left looking too much at peasant culture as if this were a travelogue.
Audience Reviews for Cristo si è Fermato a Eboli (Christ Stopped at Eboli)
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[font=Century Gothic]"Christ Stopped at Eboli" is a touching and excellent movie. It is still timely in its discussion of dissent in time of war. I liked that Levi spends most of the film just observing the peasants without comment. The Fascists feel they are superior to the peasants and seek to dominate them but the peasants are the lifeblood of the country. [/font]
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Foreign Titles
- Christ Stopped at Eboli (Cristo si e fermato a Eboli) (DE)
- Christ Stopped at Eboli (Cristo si e fermato a Eboli) (UK)
