Padre Padrone
1977 Italian drama film directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.[1] The title (pronounced [ˈpaːdre pa'drone]) literally means "Father Master";[2] it has been translated as My Father, My Master[3] or Father and Master.[4][5]
Padre Padrone | |
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Directed by | Paolo Taviani Vittorio Taviani |
Written by | Story: Gavino Ledda Screenplay: Paolo Taviani Vittorio Taviani |
Produced by | Giuliani G. De Negri |
Starring | Omero Antonutti |
Cinematography | Mario Masini |
Edited by | Roberto Perpignani |
Music by | Egisto Macchi |
Distributed by | Radiotelevisione Italiana Cinema 5 Distributing (USA) Artificial Eye (UK) |
Release dates | June 1977 (Berlinale) December 23, 1977 (New York Film Festival) |
Running time | 114 minutes |
Country | Italy |
Languages | Italian Sardinian Latin |
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.[6][7]
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."[8]