Christ Stopped at Eboli (1979)

Original title

Cristo si è fermato a Eboli

Directed by

Francesco Rosi

Genre

drama film, war film

Country

France, Italy

Runtime

2h 30m

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 97 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A political dissident is exiled to a remote village in southern Italy during the Fascist era. He observes the daily lives and customs of the impoverished locals while grappling with isolation and his own sense of displacement.

contemplativemelancholicslow-burnobservantgroundedintrospectivebittersweetatmospheric

What happens

Christ Stopped at Eboli (Italian: Cristo si è fermato a Eboli), also known as Eboli in the United States, is a 1979 drama film directed by Francesco Rosi, adapted from the book of the same name by Carlo Levi. It stars Gian Maria Volonté as Levi, a political dissident under Fascism who was exiled in the Basilicata region in Southern Italy. The film was shown out of competition at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival and was the first to receive a BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1983. It was included in the book 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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