The Mill on the Po (1950)
- Original title
- Il mulino del Po
- Directed by
- Alberto Lattuada
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Italy
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
- Rating
- 5.9 of 10 from 18 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A family struggles to maintain their mill on the Po River in 19th century Italy. The film follows their personal conflicts against a backdrop of social and political change.
historicaldramaticepicpastoralsombernostalgicgroundedslow-paced
What happens
The Mill on the Po (Italian: Il mulino del Po) is a 1949 Italian historical drama film directed by Alberto Lattuada and starring Carla Del Poggio, Jacques Sernas and Mario Besesti. It is based on the third part of the novel of the same name by Riccardo Bacchelli. It premiered at the 1949 Venice Film Festival. The films was produced and distributed by Lux Film, one of Italy's leading companies of the postwar years. Extensive location shooting took place around Lombardy including at Bagnolo San Vito, Porto Mantovano and Curtatone. The films sets were designed by the art director Luigi Gervasi. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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