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Christ Stopped at Eboli (Italian: Cristo si è fermato a Eboli), also known as Eboli in the United States, is a 1979 drama film directed by Francesco Rosi, adapted from the book of the same name by Carlo Levi.
Feb 23, 1979 · Christ Stopped at Eboli: Directed by Francesco Rosi. With Gian Maria Volontè, Paolo Bonacelli, Alain Cuny, Lea Massari. A doctor in Fascist Italy is exiled to a remote village for his political views.
- (2.8K)
- Drama
- Francesco Rosi
- 1979-02-23
In the fascist Italy of 1935, a painter trained as a doctor is exiled to a remote region near Eboli. Over time, he learns to appreciate the beauty and wisdom of the peasants, and to overcome his isolation.
- Francesco Rosi
- 2
- Gian Maria Volonté
- 220 min
Apr 2, 2019 · Carlo Levi’s memoir, “Christ Stopped at Eboli,” was a literary sensation in post-Fascist Italy. First published in 1945, the book is Levi’s memorable account of life among impoverished...
Christ Stopped at Eboli. An elegy of exile and an epic immersion in the world of rural Italy during the regime of Benito Mussolini, Francesco Rosi’s sublime adaptation of the memoirs of the painter, physician, and political activist Carlo Levi brings a monument of twentieth-century autobiography to the screen with quiet grace and solemn beauty.
- Carlo Levi
Christ Stopped at Eboli ( Italian: Cristo si è fermato a Eboli) is a memoir by Carlo Levi, published in 1945, giving an account of his exile from 1935–1936 to Grassano and Aliano, remote towns in Southern Italy, in the region of Lucania which is known today as Basilicata.
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Banished to a desolate southern town for his anti-Fascist views, Levi (Gian Maria Volontè) discovers an Italy he never knew existed, a place where ancient folkways and superstitions still hold sway, and that gradually transforms his understanding of both himself and his country.
