PASSERANO: CINQUANT'ANNI DI VITA CONTADINA (DALLA FINE DELL'800 FINO AGLI ANNI '50)

15° FESTIVAL INTERNAZIONALE CINEMA GIOVANI
Regional Competition 1997

PASSERANO: CINQUANT'ANNI DI VITA CONTADINA (DALLA FINE DELL'800 FINO AGLI ANNI '50)

PASSERANO: FIFTY YEARS OF PEASANT LIFE (FROM THE END OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY TO THE 1950'S)

Country: Italy
Year: 1996
Duration: 11'


Fifty years in the history of an agricultural country village in the Asti area are described through several old photographs that have never been screened before. The photos bring these things to mind the emigration to America at the turn of the century, the First World War, the daily labor with wagons and cows, the marriages, the parties of the Alpini, the school, staying up at night in the winter in the barns, Christmas presents, New Year's Eve practical jokes, dancing at the band shell, and the Second World War. After the war, many couples get married, children are born, and people start to hope again.

Biography

film director

Franco Cerruti

Franco Cerruti (Passerano Marmorito, Asti; 1948) is a science and mathematics teacher in the lower middle schools. In 1995 he presented his video, Viaggio in Olanda 1994: Amsterdam, Alkmaar, Enkhulzen at the Turin Space Preview. In 1996 he participated in the Preview, entering his three videos: Insieme in festa (3 e 4 giugno 1995), Ricordando Londra 1995 and Passerano sotto la neve 1995.

Cast

& Credits

Regia, sceneggiatura, fotografia, montaggio, suono: Franco Cerruti.
Production company: Franco Cerruti, corso Belgio 159, 10153 Torino, tel. +39118991508.
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