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No Man's Land (1939)

No Man's Land poster
Original title
Terra di nessuno
Directed by
Mario Baffico
Genre
drama film
Country
Italy
Runtime
1h 34m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man returns to his small hometown in Italy and becomes entangled in the rigid social expectations and personal conflicts of the community. The film follows his interactions with the local women and the clash between old traditions and individual desires.

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What happens

No Man's Land (Italian: Terra di nessuno) is a 1939 Italian drama film directed by Mario Baffico and starring Mario Ferrari, Nelly Corradi and Laura Solari. It is based on two novels by Luigi Pirandello. The film's sets were designed by the art director Alberto Tavazzi. It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. Location filming took place at Todi near Perugia. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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