The film shows a Calabria composed of sun-drenched landscapes, with centuries-old olive trees, prickly pear plants and ancient small churches, accompanied by the sound of archaic tarantelle played on drums and mouth organs.
The background for the impossible love between the peasant Peppe and noble Femia, played by Raf Vallone and Marina Berti, is the imaginary village of Gralimi, actually Orti, a hilltop neighbourhood of Reggio Calabria on the slopes of the Aspromonte range. Some scenes, however, were shot in Taormina, including those of the convent where Femia finds refuge which is the Biblioteca di Sant’Agostino.
The film shows a Calabria composed of sun-drenched landscapes, with centuries-old olive trees, prickly pear plants and ancient small churches, accompanied by the sound of archaic tarantelle played on drums and mouth organs.
The background for the impossible love between the peasant Peppe and noble Femia, played by Raf Vallone and Marina Berti, is the imaginary village of Gralimi, actually Orti, a hilltop neighbourhood of Reggio Calabria on the slopes of the Aspromonte range. Some scenes, however, were shot in Taormina, including those of the convent where Femia finds refuge which is the Biblioteca di Sant’Agostino.
Copyright: ©Archivio fotografico Cineteca Nazionale, Roma. Selezione a cura di: Valentina Contessi, Elisabetta Chiarotti, Alessandro Andreini
Raf Vallone, Marina Berti
Copyright: ©Archivio fotografico Cineteca Nazionale, Roma. Selezione a cura di: Valentina Contessi, Elisabetta Chiarotti, Alessandro Andreini
Copyright: ©Archivio fotografico Cineteca Nazionale, Roma. Selezione a cura di: Valentina Contessi, Elisabetta Chiarotti, Alessandro Andreini
Copyright: ©Archivio fotografico Cineteca Nazionale, Roma. Selezione a cura di: Valentina Contessi, Elisabetta Chiarotti, Alessandro Andreini
Copyright: ©Archivio fotografico Cineteca Nazionale, Roma. Selezione a cura di: Valentina Contessi, Elisabetta Chiarotti, Alessandro Andreini
Montesano Film
Based on the novel La carne inquieta by Leonida Repaci. Farmworker Peppe flees his village with his beloved, Femia, who he cannot marry because she is wealthy and noble. His fellow villagers catch up with them and take advantage of Femia who ends up in a convent.
