The Road a Year Long(Italian:La strada lunga un anno,Serbo-Croatian:Cesta duga godinu dana) is a 1958 film directed byGiuseppe De Santis.A Yugoslavian-Italianco-production,it was Yugoslavia's first ever submission for theAcademy Award for Best Foreign Language Filmand was nominated for the award at the31st Academy Awardsin April 1959.[1]It won theGolden Globe AwardforBest Foreign Language Film.[2]For his performanceMassimo Girottiwas awarded best actor at theSan Francisco International Film Festival.[3]
| The Road a Year Long | |
|---|---|
 Italian release poster | |
| Directed by | Giuseppe De Santis |
| Written by | Giuseppe De Santis |
| Starring | Silvana Pampanini |
| Cinematography | Marco Scarpelli |
| Edited by | Boris Tešija |
| Music by | Vladimir Kraus-Rajterić |
Release date |
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Running time | 162 minutes |
| Countries | Italy Yugoslavia |
| Language | Italian |
Plot
editEmil Kozma (Bert Sotlar), a peasant from an isolated mountain village, starts building a road to a nearby town. Over time, other villagers join the endeavor, believing the construction is state-sponsored. Ultimately, they discover Kozma started the works on his own initiative and without a permit, but it is already too late to stop the project...[4]
Cast
edit- Silvana Pampaninias Giuseppina Pancrazi
- Eleonora Rossi Dragoas Susanna
- Massimo Girottias Chiacchiera (Naklapalo)
- Bert Sotlaras Guglielmo Cosma (Emil Kozma)
- Ivica Pajeras Lorenco
- Milivoje Živanovićas Davide
- Gordana Miletićas Angela
- Nikša Stefaninias David
- Hermina Pipinićas Agneza
- Lia Rho-Barbierias Roza
- Antun Vrdoljakas Bernard
See also
editReferences
edit- ^"The 31st Academy Awards (1959) Nominees and Winners".oscars.org.Retrieved2011-10-27.
- ^Don Franks (22 September 2004).Entertainment Awards: A Music, Cinema, Theatre and Broadcasting Guide.McFarland, 2004. p. 278.ISBN0786417986.
- ^Antonio Vitti (1996).Giuseppe De Santis and postwar Italian cinema.University of Toronto Press, 1996. p.101.ISBN0802071414.
- ^"Baza HR kinematografije".
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