The read
It runs long at 2h 42m.
Synopsis
Set in an unspecified country and an unspecified time period, the film follows a communist intelectual who, after travelling the world for many decades, decides to return and settle down to the place he grew up in, a small coastal village seemingly forgotten by time itself. With him, he brings news of the dawn of a new world on the horizon, with which he wishes to connect with through constructing a modern highway. This news is welcomed in the village, however, the construction of the road begins to bring out violent conflicts, reveals forbidden romances and ends up regressing the community even further into the darkness from which it wanted to escape.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
6 audience votes
Key crew
- Giuseppe De SantisDirector
- Giuseppe De SantisWriter
- Maurizio FerraraWriter
- Tonino GuerraWriter
- Elio PetriWriter
- Gianni PucciniWriter
- Mario SocrateWriter
- Vladimir Kraus-RajterićOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Silvana PampaniniGiuseppina Pancrazi (Katarina)
- Eleonora Rossi DragoSusanna
- Massimo GirottiChiacchiera (Naklapalo)
- Bert SotlarGuglielmo Cosma (Emil Kozma)
- Ivica PajerLorenco
- Milivoje ŽivanovićUčitelj
- Gordana MiletićAngela
- Nikša StefaniniDavid
- Hermina PipinićAgneza
- Lia Rho-BarbieriRoza
- Antun VrdoljakBernard
- Branko TatićAntonio
Stills
Themes
road movie