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Piccolo mondo antico (1941)

Piccolo mondo antico poster
Directed by
Mario Soldati
Genre
drama film
Country
Italy
Runtime
1h 46m
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 21 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A married couple in 19th century Italy faces personal and social pressures while living in a small lakeside village. Their relationship is tested by differing values and the hardships of their era.

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What happens

Piccolo mondo antico (transl. "Little Ancient World"), known in English as Old-Fashioned World, is a 1941 Italian drama film directed by Mario Soldati and based on the 1895 novel by Antonio Fogazzaro. It belongs to the movies of the calligrafismo style. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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