Christ Stopped at Eboli (film)

Christ Stopped at Eboli
French poster for the film
Directed by	Francesco Rosi
Written by	Francesco Rosi Tonino Guerra Raffaele La Capria
Starring	Gian Maria Volontè
Music by	Piero Piccioni
Cinematography	Pasqualino De Santis
Edited by	Ruggero Mastroianni
Release dates	23 February 1979 (1979-02-23)
Running time	150 minutes
Country	Italy France
Language	Italian

Christ Stopped at Eboli (Italian: Cristo si è fermato a Eboli) is a 1979 film adaptation of the book of the same name by Carlo Levi. It was directed by Francesco Rosi and stars Gian Maria Volontè as Carlo Levi, with Paolo Bonacelli, Alain Cuny, Léa Massari, and Irene Papas.

The film won the Golden Prize at the 11th Moscow International Film Festival^[1] and was shown out of competition at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival.^[2] The film received the first BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1983.^[3]

Plot

Carlo Levi was a painter and writer, but he also had a degree in medicine. Arrested in 1935 by Mussolini's regime for his anti-Fascist activities, he was sent to live in a remote town in southern Italy, in the region of Lucania which is known today as Basilicata. The landscape was beautiful, the peasantry poor and neglected. Since the local doctors were not interested in peasants and not trusted by them, he began to help them.

Cast

Gian Maria Volontè as Carlo Levi
Paolo Bonacelli as Don Luigi Magalone
Alain Cuny as Barone Nicola Rotunno
Lea Massari as Luisa Levi
Irene Papas as Giulia Venere
François Simon as Don Traiella
Luigi Infantino
Francesco Callari
Antonio Allocca as Don Cosimino
Enzo Vitale as Dottore Milillo (as Vincenzo Vitale)
Maria Antonia Capotorto
Pietro Peragine
Vito Caraccia
Antonio Di Leva
Accursio Di Leo as Joiner

References

↑ "11th Moscow International Film Festival (1979)". MIFF. Archived from the original on January 16, 2013. Retrieved 2013-01-19.
↑ "Festival de Cannes: Christ Stopped at Eboli". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-05-25.
↑ "Film Foreign Language Film in 1983". BAFTA. Retrieved 12 August 2014.

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Films directed by Francesco Rosi

La sfida (1958)
The Magliari (1959)
Salvatore Giuliano (1962)
Hands over the City (1963)
The Moment of Truth (1965)
More Than a Miracle (1967)
Many Wars Ago (1970)
The Mattei Affair (1972)
Lucky Luciano (1973)
Illustrious Corpses (1976)
Christ Stopped at Eboli (1979)
Three Brothers (1981)
Carmen (1984)
Chronicle of a Death Foretold (1987)
The Palermo Connection (1990)
The Truce (1997)

BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language

Best Foreign Language Film 1982–1987	Christ Stopped at Eboli (1982) Danton (1983) Carmen (1984) Colonel Redl (1985) Ran (1986) The Sacrifice (1987)

Best Film Not in the English Language 1988–present	Babette's Feast (1988) Life and Nothing But (1989) Cinema Paradiso (1990) The Nasty Girl (1991) Raise the Red Lantern (1992) Farewell My Concubine (1993) To Live (1994) Il Postino: The Postman (1995) Ridicule (1996) The Apartment (1997) Central Station (1998) All About My Mother (1999) Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) Amores perros (2001) Talk to Her (2002) In This World (2003) The Motorcycle Diaries (2004) The Beat That My Heart Skipped (2005) Pan's Labyrinth (2006) The Lives of Others (2007) I've Loved You So Long (2008) A Prophet (2009) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2010) The Skin I Live In (2011) Amour (2012) The Great Beauty (2013) Ida (2014) Wild Tales (2015)

Moscow International Film Festival Main Award

1959-1967 Grand Prix	Destiny of a Man (1959) The Naked Island – Clear Skies (1961) 8½ (1963) War and Peace – Twenty Hours (1965) The Journalist – Father (1967)

1969-1987 Golden Prize	Lucía – Serafino – We'll Live Till Monday (1969) Confessions of a Police Captain – Live Today, Die Tomorrow! – The White Bird Marked with Black (1971) That Sweet Word: Liberty! – Affection (1973) The Promised Land – Dersu Uzala – We All Loved Each Other So Much (1975) The Fifth Seal – El puente – Mimino (1977) Christ Stopped at Eboli – Siete días de enero – Camera Buff (1979) O Homem que Virou Suco – The Abandoned Field: Free Fire Zone – Teheran 43 (1981) Amok – Alsino and the Condor – Vassa (1983) Come and See – A Soldier's Story – The Descent of the Nine (1985) Intervista (1987)

1989 - Golden St. George	The Icicle Thief (1989) Spotted Dog Running at the Edge of the Sea (1991) Me Ivan, You Abraham (1993) (No award in 1995) Marvin's Room (1997) Will to Live (1999) Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease (2000) The Believer (2001) Resurrection (2002) The End of a Mystery (2003) Our Own (2004) Dreaming of Space (2005) About Sara (2006) Travelling with Pets (2007) As Simple as That (2008) Pete on the Way to Heaven (2009) Hermano (2010) Las olas (2011) Junkhearts (2012) Particle (2013) My Man (2014) Losers (2015)

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