On October 28, 1949, the police fired upon day laborers in Fragal`, near Melissa, Calabria. The deaths of three people pushes the Parliament to approve quickly a land reform law. In this film reality and imagination interweave to reconstruct a piece of Calabese history.
Biography
film director
Eugenio Attanasio
Eugenio Attanasio (Catanzaro, 1964) in 1993 he co-founded the Associated Calabrese Theatres. He is a playwright and, since 1997, the president of the Film Library of Calabria.
Giovanni Scarfò
Giovanni Scarfò (Mammola, Reggio Calabria; 1951) is director of the Film Library of Calabria, and director and author of television programs for RAI.
FILMOGRAFIA
La Calabria in maschera (tv, 1993), Corrado Alvaro al cinema (tv, 1995), Breve storia dello spettacolo in Calabria (tv, 1995).
Cast
& Credits
Director of photography: Riccardo Grassetti.
Editor: Eugenio Attanasio, Giovanni Scarfò, Vittore Ferrara.
Sound: Adriano Grassetti.
Cast: Maurizio Comito, Andrea Borrelli, Paolo Turr`, Vittorio De Seta.
Production company: Domenico Levato, Cineteca della Calabria, c/o teatro Masciari, piazza Le Pera 9, 88100 Catanzaro, Italia, tel. +39-0961-792881.
Co-production: Kutronifilmsproduction, Catanzaro.