La neve nel bicchiere 40 years old

The lives of three generations of peasant farmers in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy are the focus of this unexciting, flat-footed saga by Florestano Vancini. When the grandfather (Marne Maitland) first decides to leave his job of canal-building and move to northern Italy, he takes up work as a peasant on the land of a local priest, while his oldest son Venancio (Massimo Ghini) starts driving a carriage. More of a visionary than a chauffeur, Venancio first gets involved in organizing the peasants into a kind of farmer's union, and when that movement goes under, he devotes himself to educating the farmers instead. Along the way, his mother dies, he marries Mariena (Anna Teresa Rossini), and they have children. Much to Venancio's sorrow, his own sons do not want to stay in farming, and as they grow older, only one remains at home to till the soil. In the meantime, the specter of fascism is growing stronger by the day and the clouds of war being to darken the horizon.

Credits

La neve nel bicchiere Cast

Name Character
Marne Maitland He was 64, 70 years old when he died as Nullo
Massimo Ghini He was 29, now 70 years old as Venanzio
Peter Chatel He was 40, 42 years old when he died as don Angelo
Anna Lelio as Argia

La neve nel bicchiere Crew

Name Department
Florestano Vancini as Director. He was 57 (82) years old when He died Directing
La neve nel bicchiere (40 years)

  • Release day: Tuesday, June 12, 1984