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Padre Padrone
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1977 Italian film directed by Paolo Taviani and Vittorio Taviani
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Padre Padrone is a 1977 Italian drama film directed by Paolo Taviani and Vittorio Taviani. The screenwriters include Gavino Ledda, Paolo Taviani, and Vittorio Taviani, while Roberto Perpignani served as the film editor. The cast features Omero Antonutti, Saverio Marconi, Marcella Michelangeli, and Nanni Moretti. Egisto Macchi composed the music and also appears as a performer. The narrative is set in Sardinia, and the film’s original language is Italian.
The film has a runtime of 113 or 114 minutes, depending on the source. It was distributed by RAI and Netflix, with a video on demand format. Production companies listed include CINEMA S.r.l. The work received the Palme d'Or award. Review scores vary, with ratings of 7.3/10 and 73% from one source, 7.2 from another, and a vote average of 6.872 from a third. Keywords associated with the film include shepherd, sheep, illiteracy, abusive father, and accordion.
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Film · TMDB
6.9The true story of the life of Gavino Ledda, the son of a Sardinian shepherd, and how he managed to escape his harsh, almost barbaric existence by slowly educating himself, despite violent opposition from his brutal father.
Cast
- Omero Antonutti as Padre
- Saverio Marconi as Gavino
- Marcella Michelangeli as Madre
- Fabrizio Forte as Young Gavino
- Marino Cenna as Young shepherd
- Stanko Molnar as Sebastiano
Themes
- shepherd
- sheep
- illiteracy
- abusive father
- accordion
- sardinia, italy
- biography
- bestiality
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Paolo Taviani , Vittorio Taviani
- Written by
- Story: , Gavino Ledda , Screenplay: , Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani
- Produced by
- Giuliani G. De Negri
- Starring
- Omero Antonutti
- Cinematography
- Mario Masini
- Edited by
- Roberto Perpignani
- Music by
- Egisto Macchi
- Distributed by
- Radiotelevisione Italiana , Cinema 5 Distributing (USA), Artificial Eye (UK)
- Release dates
- June 1977 ( 1977-06 ) ( Berlinale ) December 23, 1977 ( 1977-12-23 ) (New York)
- Running time
- 114 minutes
- Country
- Italy
- Languages
- Italian , Sardinian , Latin
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Encyclopedic overview
Padre Padrone is a 1977 Italian film directed by Paolo Taviani and Vittorio Taviani. The Tavianis used both professional and non-professional actors from the Sardinian countryside. The title ( pronounced [ˈpaːdre pa'drone]) literally means "Father Master"; it has been translated as My Father, My Master or Father and Master.
The drama was originally filmed by the Taviani brothers for Italian television but won the 1977 Palme d'Or prize at the 1977 Cannes Film Festival.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Padre Padrone” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.