Christ Stopped at Eboli (film)

Christ Stopped at Eboli Italian Cristo si fermato a Eboli is a 1979 film adaptation of the book of the same name by Carlo Levi. It was directed by Francesco Rosi and stars Gian Maria Volont as Carlo Levi, with Paolo Bonacelli, Alain Cuny, La Massari, and Irene Papas.

Carlo Levi was a painter and writer, but he also had a degree in medicine. Arrested in 1935 by Mussolinis regime for his antiFascist activities, he was sent to live in a remote town in southern Italy, in the region of Lucania which is known today as Basilicata. The landscape was beautiful, the peasantry poor and neglected. Since the local doctors were not interested in peasants and not trusted by them, he began to help them.

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