South wind
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | South wind |
| Original title | Vento del Sud |
| Country of production | Italy |
| original language | Italian |
| Publishing year | 1959 |
| length | 95 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Enzo Provenzale |
| script |
Giuseppe Mangione , Enzo Provenzale |
| production | Franco Cristaldi |
| music | Gino Marinuzzi |
| camera | Gianni di Venanzo |
| cut | Ruggero Mastroianni |
| occupation | |
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Wind of the South (Original title: Vento del Sud ) is an Italian film drama in black and white from 1959 by Enzo Provenzale . The script, which he wrote with Giuseppe Mangione , is based on a story that Mangione wrote with Elio Petri . The leading roles are cast with Renato Salvatori and Claudia Cardinale . The work premiered in the Federal Republic of Germany on July 6, 1968 in the ZDF program .
action
Antonio, a young Sicilian worker who has just returned from military service, is forced by the mafia to assassinate the Marchese Macrè after the latter stubbornly opposed the secret society. (Antonio's father had been forced to ally himself with the criminals and died mysteriously.) At the last moment, Antonio has scruples about firing the shot. Therefore he tries to evade the persecution by the angry mafia members. The companion on his escape is Grazia Macrì, a daughter of the Marchese who wants to escape the stuffy atmosphere of her father's house.
In Palermo , the two are separated because the criminal organization Antonio has come back on track. But the couple soon get back together and are heading for a tragic end. In order not to chain Grazia to his seemingly hopeless fate, she apparently pushes Antonio away. Disappointment and fear of family shame eventually drive the girl to suicide. Antonio himself falls through the bullets of his pursuers after he has openly blamed them for the death of the girl.
Reviews
The lexicon of international film does not think much of the work: "Socially critical, but poorly designed film about a young couple [...] who is driven to ruin by the revenge of the Sicilian Mafia in Palermo". In the later online edition 2001 , it is emphasized that the film deserves attention because of the masterful photography. Even the Protestant film observer found only a few nice words: "A film that wants to expose the terror of this criminal secret society, but remains on the surface of the intended social criticism because of the partially spread-like reproduction of the bittersweet romance."
Web links
- Wind of the South in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Evangelischer Filmbeobachter , Evangelischer Presseverband München, Review No. 314/1968, pp. 322–323
- ↑ Lexikon des Internationale Films , rororo-Taschenbuch No. 6322 (1988), p. 4325
- ↑ South Wind. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .