Workers, Peasants
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A group of men and women have been brought together after World War II, when Italy regained its national and territorial unity. They make up a primitive community which seeks to erase not only the distress created by the war but also the hardships of life, and look to protect themselves from violence, misery and fear. Amid the ruins of this post-war period, these men and women build a new rapport between themselves, between sexes, between generations, between social and geographical origins, between political camps.
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Cast
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Angela Nugara
Vedova Biliotti
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Giacinto Di Pascoli
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Werner Dütsch
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Danièle Huillet
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Renato Berta
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Elio Vittorini
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Gianpaolo Cassarino
Pompeo Manera
Jean-Marie Straub
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Jean-Pierre Duret
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Enrico Achilli
Cataldo Chiesa
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Martine Marignac
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Jean-Paul Toraille
Jean-Marie Straub Director · Danièle Huillet Director Elio Vittorini Author
Worldwide gross $3.8K · First release May 1, 2001 · Produced in France, Germany, Italy
Box office
Worldwide gross
$3,848
Production
Le Fresnoy
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Pierre Grise Productions
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Capricci Films
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Teatro Comunale Francesco di Bartolo
Production
SR
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SWR
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WDR
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Le Fresnoy Studio National des Arts Contemporains
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Saarländischer Rundfunk
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Straub-Huillet
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Südwestrundfunk
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Westdeutscher Rundfunk
Production
France · Germany · Italy
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Languages
Original title
Operai, contadini
Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
Italian
Release dates
France · May 1, 2001
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
France · September 30, 2001
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Argentina
April 21, 2002 · Premiere · Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema
India
October 29, 2023 · Premiere · Jio MAMI Film Festival
Italy
April 19, 2002 · TV
Japan
July 25, 2003 · Tokyo
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