Baaria

Baaria

7.2IMDb Score
Released:2009-09-25
Duration:160 min
Country:France,Italy
Director:Giuseppe Tornatore
Actors:Francesco Scianna, Margareth Madè, Lina Sastri, Ángela Molina, Nicole Grimaudo
Production:Medusa Film, Quinta Communications

Overview:

In 1920s Bagheria, Giuseppe 'Peppino' Torrenuova works as a shepherd to financially help his poor family. Over the next fifty years, Giuseppe's life, as well as the life of the village, is observed. Giuseppe grows up, joins the Communist Party, marries a local girl, has children, and forges a political career for himself.

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