![]() ![]() Other scenes were filmed in Gravina in Puglia and Santeramo in Colle, Apulia. ![]() The film was mostly shot in Basilicata in the villages of Craco, Guardia Perticara, Aliano and La Martella, near Matera. ![]() Since the local doctors are not interested in treating peasants, Levi begins to minister to their health in response to their appeals, establishing a strong relationship with the community. They are superstitious and insular many have emigrated to the United States in search of employment. While the landscape is beautiful, the peasantry are impoverished and mismanaged. Arrested in 1935 by Mussolini's regime for anti-fascist activities, he is confined to Aliano ( Gagliano in the novel), a remote town in the region of Lucania, the southern 'instep' of Italy, known today as Basilicata. He also has a degree in medicine but has never practised it. Plot Ĭarlo Levi is a painter and writer from Turin. It was included in the book 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die. The film was shown out of competition at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival and was the first to receive a BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1983. It stars Gian Maria Volonté as Levi, a political dissident under Fascism who was exiled in the Basilicata region in Southern Italy. Christ Stopped at Eboli ( Italian: Cristo si è fermato a Eboli), also known as Eboli in the United States, is a 1979 drama film directed by Francesco Rosi, adapted from the book of the same name by Carlo Levi. ![]()
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