Banditi a Orgosolo

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Banditi a Orgosolo
Banditi a Orgosolo.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Vittorio De Seta
Written byVittorio De Seta
Vera Gherarducci
Produced byVittorio De Seta
Starring Vittorina Pisano
Cinematography
Edited by Jolanda Benvenuti
Music by Valentino Bucchi
Release date
  • 1960 (1960)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

Banditi a Orgosolo (Bandits of Orgosolo) is a 1960 Italian film drama directed by Vittorio De Seta. De Seta won an Award for the film at the Venice Film Festival.

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Plot

Michele, a shepherd of Orgoloso, Sardinia who is wrongly suspected of involvement with bandits he encountered who committed pig rustling and killed a policeman, flees to the hills with his flock, which he bought on credit after a poor previous year, and young shepherd brother, rather than surrender and risk losing them during the investigation and thus his family's income. He is pursued by police and, in his journey into the inaccessible areas of Barbagia, where there is little water or pasture, loses his sheep.

One night, deep in debt and facing impending trials, he enters a sheepfold and steals another shepherd's flock. Michele has become a bandit.

Cast

Production

Banditi a Orgosolo was De Seta's first fiction feature film. The film originally started as a documentary with the actors credited as Sardinian Shepherds. [1]

Michele Cossu was dubbed by Gian Maria Volonté. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 McGill, Hannah (September 2024). "Bandits of Orgosolo & The Lost World". Sight and Sound . p. 82.