The Damned Of The Earth

Apr 19, 1969

1h 40m

★ 10.0

Overview

Upon his death, a young African director, Abramo Malonga, bequeathed his first and last unfinished film to his former teacher, the Italian director Fausto Morelli. Morelli, who after seeing the work, is confronted with a confusing, complex and, in part, incomprehensible work. Helped by the young widow of Abramo Malonga and by the notes left by his deceased friend, and again by his personal memories, the Italian director attempts to reconstruct and complete the film. Fausto's work progresses with difficulty, not only because of the problems the film poses for him, but because of the problems that arise in his daily life. After a long crisis, after which he returns to Pisa with his former party companions and abandons himself to love and his own solitude, Fausto takes up the work of his African friend, closing it with a final invention, in which , with a bold metaphor, has refigured the human condition of our time.

Genres

Drama

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Cast

Fausto

Frank Wolff

Adriana

Marilù Tolo

Abramo

Serigne Ndiaye Gonzales

Ingardo

Carlo Cecchi

Luciana

Marina Malfatti

Roberto Bisacco

Elisa Kadigia Bove

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