The Sky Is Red (1950)
- Original title
- Il cielo è rosso
- Directed by
- Claudio Gora
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Italy
- Runtime
- 1h 19m
- Rating
- 8.0 of 10 from 2 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A group of boys and girls struggle to survive in an Italian town that has been destroyed by bombing during World War II. The film follows their daily fight to find food and shelter amid the ruins.
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What happens
The Sky Is Red (Italian: Il cielo è rosso) is a 1950 Italian drama film. It is the directorial debut of Claudio Gora and it is based on the novel with the same name by Giuseppe Berto, depicting the struggle for survival of a group of boys and girls in a bombed-out town in Italy during World War II. It was shown as part of a retrospective "Questi fantasmi: Cinema italiano ritrovato" at the 65th Venice International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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