Destination Piovarolo

Destination Piovarolo
Directed by Domenico Paolella
Produced by Lux Film
Written by Leonardo Benvenuti
Piero De Bernardi
Stefano Strucchi
Starring Totò
Tina Pica
Music by Angelo Francesco Lavagnino
Cinematography Mario Fioretti
Edited by Gisa Radicchi Levi
Release dates
  • 1955 (1955)
Running time
89 min
Country Italy
Language Italian

Destination Piovarolo (Italian: Destinazione Piovarolo) is a 1955 Italian comedy film directed by Domenico Paolella.[1]

Plot summary

In 1922, during Fascism, Antonio La Quaglia accepts the assignment to the station master in a remote town called Piovarolo, because that's where it always rains. Antonio soon realizes that life in the small village is sad, because the inhabitants are all old, deluded, dying, without hope. Antonio so hopefully he will be moved to a larger city; but the years pass and Antonio helds the same job. One day he sees off the train a beautiful lady, who does the primary school teacher. Soon the two get married and start a family, but always Antonio wants to get away from Piovarolo, but politics and the ministry do not care at all about him.

Cast

References

  1. Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8876055487.

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