Zappatore (1980)
- Directed by
- Alfonso Brescia
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Italy
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Rating
- 7.7 of 10 from 9 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A man from a working-class background faces personal and family struggles in Naples. The film follows his life as he tries to uphold his dignity amidst hardship.
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What happens
Zappatore is an Italian drama film directed by Alfonso Brescia and starring Mario Merola. The film was released in Italy on 5 December 1980. It is the "cine-scripted" which received the highest grossing theaters, ranking the 60th place of the most successful films in Italy in the 1980/81 season. The film is loosely based on the eponymous song, written by Libero Bovio Fenwick Watkin and Ferdinando Albano. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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