From the Clouds to the Resistance

Two segments. The first one arranges six stories from Cesare Pavese’s «Dialoghi con Leucò», taken from classical mythology. The second segment is taken from Pavese’s novel «La luna e i falò»: after World War II the emigrant «The Bastard» comes back to his village in the Langhe (northern Italy) to find out that everyone he knew has died, and that the war has deeply changed relationships between people.

Directors

Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet

Writers

Cesare Pavese, Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet

Released

November 7, 1979

Language

Italian