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Difficult Years (1948)

Difficult Years poster
Original title
Anni difficili
Directed by
Luigi Zampa
Genre
drama film
Country
Italy
Runtime
1h 53m
Rating
7.8 of 10 from 25 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An Italian family struggles to adapt as political changes sweep through their country after World War II. The film follows an elderly man trying to protect his dignity and his family's way of life.

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What happens

Difficult Years (Italian: Anni difficili) is a 1948 Italian drama film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring Umberto Spadaro, adapted from the 1946 short story Vecchio con gli stivali (Old Man in Boots), by the Sicilian author Vitaliano Brancati. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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