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Bella ciao (2000) [N/A]

Release Date:
June 4, 2000

Original Title:
Bella ciao

Genres:
Drama

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 103

Overview from TheMovieDB

A man struggles to support his family while remaining true to his ideals in this drama set in Europe during the 1930s. Orfeo Mancini and his wife Nella are a pair of working-class Italians who years ago swore allegiance to the Communist party. With Mussolini on the rise, Orfeo and Nella come to the conclusion that they are no longer welcome in their native land, and they decide to pull up stakes and move to America with their two children. As a result of some confusion en route, the Mancinis end up in Marseilles rather than the United States; needing work, Orfeo takes a job working as a manual laborer for a wealthy landowner. This requires a serious amount of pride-swallowing on Orfeo's part, since his new boss is an Italian expatriate who once courted Nella. The situation becomes all the more difficult for Orfeo when his employer throws his allegiances behind the growing fascist movement.

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Production

Casting:
Julien Grossi
Stéphane Foenkinos

Costume Design:
Catherine Rigault

Director:
Stéphane Giusti

Director of Photography:
Jacques Bouquin

Editor:
Catherine Schwartz

Foley Artist:
Laurent Lévy

Hairstylist:
Nathalie Champigny

Key Hair Stylist:
Jean-Jacques Puchu

Key Makeup Artist:
Valérie Tranier

Makeup Artist:
Myriam Da Silva

Original Music Composer:
Lazare Boghossian

Producer:
Caroline Adrian
Mark Balsam
Denis Carot
Marie Masmonteil

Production Design:
Gérald Fauritte

Sound:
Ludovic Hénault

Sound Editor:
Corinne Rozenberg

Sound Mixer:
François Groult

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Hervé Buirette

Sound Recordist:
Vincent Cosson

Special Effects Makeup Artist:
Fabrice Herbet
Franck Mignelli

Writer:
Raphaëlle Desplechin
Stéphane Giusti

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