Padre Padrone (1977)

Original title

Padre padrone

Directed by

Vittorio Taviani, Paolo Taviani

Genre

drama film

Country

Italy

Runtime

1h 53m

Rated

18A

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 126 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A shepherd in Sardinia suffers under his cruel father's rule and escapes by teaching himself to read. He eventually becomes a respected linguist.

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What happens

Padre Padrone is a 1977 Italian film directed by Paolo Taviani and Vittorio Taviani. The Tavianis used both professional and non-professional actors from the Sardinian countryside. The title (pronounced [ˈpaːdre pa'drone]) literally means "Father Master"; it has been translated as My Father, My Master or Father and Master. The drama was originally filmed by the Taviani brothers for Italian television but won the 1977 Palme d'Or prize at the 1977 Cannes Film Festival. The film depicts a Sardinian shepherd who is terrorized by his domineering father and tries to escape by educating himself. He eventually becomes a celebrated linguist. The drama is based on an autobiographical book of the same title by Gavino Ledda. In 2008, the film was included on the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage’s 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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