Padre padrone [videorecording] / RAI, Radiotelevisione italiana ; realizzato da Giuliani G. De Negri ; sceneggiatura e regia, Paolo e Vittorio Taviani.
Based on the autobiographical novel Padre padrone, by Gavino Ledda. Originally produced as motion picture in 1977. A foreign film (Italy). Letterboxed. Omero Antonutti, Saverio Marconi, Marcella Michelangeli, Fabrizio Forte.
Summary:
The story of a son's development under an oppressive father. Gavino lives in solitude as an illiterate Sardinian shepherd. Finally he revolts against his father and his own illiteracy, studies and earns a degree and finds his identity through his newly-found ability to communicate.
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