Storyline
In 1943, Vincenzio and Maria take their children to his father's Tuscan farm. Vincenzio commutes to Rome where he's a physician and, in the hospital basement, prints an anti-Fascist paper. His brother is in the Resistance; his father supplies food to a local monastery where 12 fugitives hide. All is seen through the eyes of the oldest child, Paulo, who's about 7 and the only lad at school who doesn't wear a Fascist Youth uniform. For Paulo and his siblings, it's great fun playing with their nonno, finding herbs in the fields, watching a maid's tryst with a soldier, teasing a silent monk. Then the war reaches the farm when Italy surrenders and the Germans exact revenge.
Cast & Crew
Gigio Alberti
Vincenzo
LeadMV
Mariella Valentini
Maria
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Paolo Bianchini's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. La grande quercia is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
