Heaven Over the Marshes (1949)
3.6 of 5 from 45 ratings
111 minutes
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- Synopsis:
The Luigi Goretti family, farm laborer, consisting of father, mother and six children, is housed through the intercession of the owners, in the farmhouse from Serenelli settlers, father and son, in unhealthy marshland, near Neptune. The Serenelli welcome newcomers with open hostility. Luigi Goretti is a tireless worker, but soon the malaria kills. The family has remained deprived of its chief, he is exposed more than ever to the bullying of Serenelli. The old, drunken, dissolute, he is an assiduous court to the widow, but this is resolutely rejected. The son Alexander is seized by a morbid passion for the eldest daughter Maria, still almost a child. From the first look of lure her with some small gift, then try to use them for violence. But the small resists decisively and escapes, exciting more and more evil desires of youth, who goes so far as to threaten her. In a July day, in the heat, while everyone is out to work. Alessandro Maria forces to come in and blinded by the firm resistance of the girl, the strikes replicatamente with an awl. Transported to the hospital, the poor woman dies after atrocious suffering borne with firm faith and having forgiven his murderess - Actors:
- Rubi D'Alma, Michele Malaspina, Domenico Viglione Borghese, Inés Orsini, Assunta Radico, Giovanni Martella, Mauro Matteucci, Francesco Tomalillo, María Luisa Landín, Ida Paoloni, Federico Meloni, Jole Savoretti, Giovanni Sestili, Vincenzo Solfiotti
- Directors:
- Augusto Genina
- Writers:
- Suso Cecchi D'Amico, Augusto Genina
- Aka:
- Cielo Sulla Palude
- Genres:
- Drama
- Countries:
- Italy
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