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Release Date:
November 1, 1966
Original Title:
L'ultimo pugno di terra
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
Regione Autonoma della Sardegna
Ratings / Certifications:
IT: T
'L'ultimo pugno di terra' (The Last Fistful of Land) is a 1966 documentary film directed by Fiorenzo Serra about the anguish and instability of the lower classes in a destitute Sardinia. Originally commissioned by the Sardinian regional government as a celebratory piece on the 'miraculous' effects of the 'Piano di Rinascita della Sardegna' (Sardinia's Rebirth Plan), the film instead shows an island still 'standing still in time', barely affected by the painful oxymoron of the inevitable changes taking place.
Art Direction:
Cesare Zavattini
Camera Operator:
Angelo Bevilacqua
Giorgio Regis
Camera Supervisor:
Domenichino Muscau
Nini Blumenthal
Ambrogio Carta
Raffaello Marchi
Piero Doneddu
Mario Manconi
Director:
Fiorenzo Serra
Director of Photography:
Marco Vulpiani
Mario Bernardo
Giovanni Raffaldi
Editor:
Giuseppe Pisanu
Manlio Brigaglia
Music Arranger:
Pasquale Loi
Gonario Licheri
Emiliano Farina
Nazanino Patteri
Francesco Bande
Giuseppe Munari
Original Music Composer:
Franco Potenza
Screenplay:
Ignazio Delogu
Giuseppe Fiori
Benvenuto Lobina
Emilio Lussu
Salvatore Cambosu
Antonio Pigliaru
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