29° TORINO FILM FESTIVAL
SONS AND LOVERS

ALLONSANFÀN

by Paolo Taviani e Vittorio Taviani
Country: Italy
Year: 1974
Duration: 115'


1816. Napoleon’s empire has crumbled and old equilibriums are being re-established during the Bourbon Restoration, as the last of the revolutionaries are dispersed. One of them is Fulvio Imbriani, a nobleman from Lombardy who belonged to the sect of the “Sublime Brothers.”  He returns to his family villa after spending years away and rediscovers the comforts of his social position. When he is joined by Charlotte, the mother of his son Massimo, and Francesca, Fulvio is forced to come to terms with his revolutionary principles, and finds himself involved in organizing a new expedition to southern Italy.

 

St. Michael Had a Rooster represented a phase of reaction, of reflection and comparing ideas. Allonsanfàn develops this idea. In a certain sense – but only in a certain sense –Fulvio Imbriani is another Giulio Manieri; but instead of killing himself, he turns traitor. The film also explores the power of the restoration that is inside us. To quote the usual Lenin, in a revolution you take two steps forward and one step back: Allonsanfàn marks the moment of that one step back.”

 

Proiezione in collaborazione con la Fondazione Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia - Cineteca Nazionale

Biography

film director

Paolo Taviani

Paolo Taviani (San Miniato, Pisa, Italy, 1931) and his brother Vittorio debuted with the documentary San Miniato, luglio ’44, after which, with Joris Ivens, they made Italy Is Not a Poor Country and, in 1962, their first feature-length fiction film, A Man For Burning (with Valentino Orsini). They became two of the most important exponents of the new Italian political cinema with films like The Subversives, Under the Sign of Scorpio, St. Michael Had a Rooster and Allonsanfàn. They then turned to literary adaptations for television, including Father and Master, which won a Golden Palm in Cannes in 1977, Kaos, Elective Affinities and The Lark Farm.

FILMOGRAFIA

San Miniato, luglio ’44 (coregia/codirector Valentino Orsini, doc., 1954), L’Italia non è un paese povero (coregia/codirector Joris Ivens, doc., 1960), Un uomo da bruciare (coregia/codirector Valentino Orsini, 1962), I sovversivi (1967), Sotto il segno dello scorpione (1969), San Michele aveva un gallo (1972), Allonsanfàn (1974), Padre padrone (1977), Il prato (1979), La notte di San Lorenzo (1982), Kaos (1984), Good Morning, Babylon (1987), Il sole anche di notte (1990), Fiorile (1993), Le affinità elettive (1996), Tu ridi (1998), Resurrezione (tv, 2001), Luisa Sanfelice (tv, 2004), La masseria delle allodole (2007).

 

Vittorio Taviani

Vittorio Taviani (San Miniato, Pisa, Italy, 1929) and his brother Paolo debuted with the documentary San Miniato, luglio ’44, after which, with Joris Ivens, they made Italy Is Not a Poor Country and, in 1962, their first feature-length fiction film, A Man For Burning. They became two of the most important exponents of the new Italian political cinema with films like The Subversives, Under the Sign of Scorpio, St. Michael Had a Rooster and Allonsanfàn. They then turned to literary adaptations for television, including Father and Master, which won a Golden Palm in Cannes in 1977, Kaos, Elective Affinities and The Lark Farm.

FILMOGRAFIA

San Miniato, luglio ’44 (coregia/codirector Valentino Orsini, doc., 1954), L’Italia non è un paese povero (coregia/codirector Joris Ivens, doc., 1960), Un uomo da bruciare (coregia/codirector Valentino Orsini, 1962), I sovversivi (1967), Sotto il segno dello scorpione (1969), San Michele aveva un gallo (1972), Allonsanfàn (1974), Padre padrone (1977), Il prato (1979), La notte di San Lorenzo (1982), Kaos (1984), Good Morning, Babylon (1987), Il sole anche di notte (1990), Fiorile (1993), Le affinità elettive (1996), Tu ridi (1998), Resurrezione (tv, 2001), Luisa Sanfelice (tv, 2004), La masseria delle allodole (2007). 

Cast

& Credits

regia, soggetto, sceneggiatura/directors, story, screenplay

Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani

fotografia/cinematography

Giuseppe Ruzzolini                        

montaggio/film editing

Roberto Perpignani                     

scenografia/production design

Gianni Sbarra                    

costumi/costume design

Lina Nerli Taviani

musica/music

Ennio Morricone                

interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters

Marcello Mastroianni (Fulvio Imbriani), Lea Massari       (Charlotte), Mimsy Farmer (Francesca), Laura Betti (Esther), Claudio Cassinelli (Lionello), Benjamin Levm (Vanni Gavina), Renato De Carmine (Costantino Imbriani), Stanko Molnar

(Allonsanfàn), Luisa De Santis (Fiorella Imbriani)

produttore/producer

Giuliani G. De Negri

produzione/production

Una Cooperativa Cinematografica 

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