Mediterraneo (AUS)

Mediterraneo (AUS) (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
David Donatello Awards
Oscar Academy Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Italian ( Dolby Digital Stereo )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
90 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1991 and produced in:
Italy ( Italy, Greece )

Directed By:
Gabriele Salvatores

Written By:
Enzo Monteleone

Actors:
Diego Abatantuono ..... Nicola Lorusso
Claudio Bigagli ..... Raffaele Montini
Giuseppe Cederna ..... Antonio Farina
Claudio Bisio ..... Corrado Noventa
Gigio Alberti ..... Eliseo Strazzabosco (as Luigi Alberti)
Ugo Conti ..... Luciano Colasanti
Memo Dini ..... Libero Munaron
Vasco Mirandola ..... Felice Munaron
Vanna Barba ..... Vassilissa
Luigi Montini ..... Pope
Irene Grazioli ..... Pastorella
Antonio Catania ..... Carmelo LaRosa

Synopsis:

Gabriele Salvatores' antiwar story Mediterraneo is set during World War II on a seemingly deserted island in the middle of the Aegean Sea. After their ship is sunk by the British, a unit of Italian soldiers finds refuge on the island, where they soon realize that the area is not deserted after all--its citizens have merely gone into hiding after believing they were under German attack; indeed, the Germans have already imprisoned all of the village's young men. As the brigade of soldiers, led by one Lt. Montini (Claudio Bigagli), becomes ingrained into island life, they begin repainting the church's frescoes, starting soccer teams, even finding romance. Time passes until an Italian pilot (Antonio Catania) touches down on the island, and relates the news of the world since the soldiers' arrival in 1941. Ultimately, a British rescue party comes for the soldiers, bringing with them the men who were captured by the Germans years before. Four decades later, Montini returns, re-joining the few other men who could not bring themselves to leave their island refuge.

At the outbreak of the Second World War, eight Italian soldiers are posted to an island in the Aegean to defend it for the Fascists. Their battleship is destroyed and they find themselves effectively cut off from the war and from Italy. Gradually the soldiers find themselves becoming drawn in to the Greek way of life.

This product was added to our catalog on Saturday 12 December, 2009.

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