"Veteran experimental filmmakers Danielle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub helmed this unusual a
"Veteran experimental filmmakers Danielle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub helmed this unusual adaptation of a novel by Elio Vittorini. Focused on the triumphs and failures of a group of laborers and farm hands who pooled their resources to operate an alternative collective farm after the end of World War II, Operai, Contadini features a cast of 12 actors who read aloud from Vittorini's book for the duration of the film, either reciting from memory or using a clearly visible script. Hardly designed to be a crowd pleaser, Operai, Contadini proved to be controversial among the audiences for its showings at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival, where it was screened as part of the Directors' Fortnight series." ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide "The group makes up a primitive community which seeks to erase not only the distress created by the war but also the hardships of life and hunger, and to protect them from violence, misery and fear. Amid the ruins of this post-war period, the characters build and invent a rapport both in their professional and daily lives between themselves, the sexes, generations, diverse social and geographical origins, and antagonistic political camps. The group maintains a 'register', a kind of diary, as if it were entering the minutes of an inquiry or a trial." -Steve Grayson "my favorite Straub-Huillet films are Too Early, Too Late and Operai, contadini (2001), both color landscape films with especially acute senses of place as well as of nature in all its harsh beauty." - Jonathan Rosenbaum
主演:凯特·布兰切特,朱迪·格雷尔,克里斯汀·韦格,劳伦斯·菲什伯恩,特罗伊安·艾夫瑞·贝利萨里奥,比利·克鲁德普,约翰内斯·豪克尔·约翰内森,詹姆斯·乌尔班尼亚克,凯特·伊斯顿,理查德·罗比查乌克斯,艾玛·尼尔森,李·哈林顿,理查德·巴洛,威廉·卡尼亚,克劳迪娅·多米特,Zoe Chao,Lana Young,Katelyn Statton,Zachary Davis Brown
主演:文森特·卡塞尔, 黛安·克鲁格, 盖·皮尔斯, 何家蓓, 伊丽莎白·桑德斯, 詹妮弗·戴尔, Eric Weinthal, Jeff Yung, 英格瓦·埃盖特·西古德松, 维斯拉夫·克里斯塔, Matt Willis, Steve Switzman, Victoria Fodor, Jill Niedoba, 艾尔·斯帕恩扎, Paddington