Il Grido (1957)
- Starring:
- Steve Cochran, Alida Valli, (more)
- Director(s):
- Michelangelo Antonioni
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of Il Grido
The grim, drab life of a man who labors in a Po Valley sugar refinery in northern Italy provides the center of this black-and-white drama from Michelangelo Antonioni. The worker lives with a married woman and their young daughter. One day, the woman learns that her legal spouse died. The refinery worker immediately proposes, but she spurns him in favor of another. Deeply depressed, the laborer begins to drift aimlessly across the northern wasteland with his daughter in tow. Along the way, he meets many people, including a woman from his past. Despite his many low-key adventures, he is unable to forget his daughter's mother and so returns to find that she lives in a new home with a new child. The story comes to its climax during a demonstration protesting the building of a U.S. airfield where the refinery stands. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 115 mins
Complete Cast of Il Grido
- Steve Cochran - Aldo
- Dorian Gray - Virginia
- Gabriella Pallotta - Edera
- Lia Golmar - Matilda's Cousin
- G. Pontecorvo
- Carlo Lizzani - Don Camillo, priest
- Elli Parvo - Donna Matilda
- Lea Padovani - Laura
- Alida Valli - Irma
- Betsy Blair - Elvira
- Vittorio Duse - Cesare
- M. Levi
- Massimo Serato - Major Heinlich
- Marco Sarri - Cesare's Brother
- Egisto Olivieri - Laura's Father
- Director(s):
- Michelangelo Antonioni
- Writer(s):
- Ennio de Concini, Michelangelo Antonioni, Elio Bartolini
- Producer(s):
- Franco Cancellieri
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