CinemaOSMovie · 2003 · 0h 29m

The Return of the Prodigal Son

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In Italy, immediately subsequent to the war, a group of people who lost all they possessed during the conflict, settle in a village in ruins. They intend to restore the city from the rubble and re-start life, in imitation of the women of Messina who rebuilt their city, destroyed as it was by an earthquake. Oscillating between respect and suspicion, co-existence between group members is tense. Things become complicated when an envoy from the government arrives to say that nothing there belongs to them. The film is a free adaptation of fragments of the novella ‘The Women of Messina’, by Sicilian writer Elio Vittorini.

Directed byJean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet

Status: Released
Runtime: 0h 29m
Language: IT
Released: April 23, 2003

Featuring

Cast & crew

5 credited

Starring

Martina Gionfriddo

Andrea Balducci

Gabriella Taddei

Vittorio Vigneri

Aldo Fruttuosi

Creative team

Directed by: Jean-Marie Straub
Danièle Huillet
Written by: Jean-Marie Straub
Danièle Huillet
Produced by: Werner Dütsch
Martine Marignac

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