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The Path of Hope

Original title: Il cammino della speranza
  • 19501950
  • 1h 45m
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Il cammino della speranza (1950)
  • Adventure
  • Drama
The story of a group of Sicilian miners and their families, and their hardships as they decide to illegally cross the border to France.The story of a group of Sicilian miners and their families, and their hardships as they decide to illegally cross the border to France.The story of a group of Sicilian miners and their families, and their hardships as they decide to illegally cross the border to France.
IMDb RATING
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580
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  • Director
    • Pietro Germi
  • Writers
    • Nino Di Maria(novel: "Cuori negli abissi")
    • Federico Fellini(story)
    • Pietro Germi(story)
  • Stars
    • Raf Vallone
    • Elena Varzi
    • Saro Urzì
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  • Director
    • Pietro Germi
  • Writers
    • Nino Di Maria(novel: "Cuori negli abissi")
    • Federico Fellini(story)
    • Pietro Germi(story)
  • Stars
    • Raf Vallone
    • Elena Varzi
    • Saro Urzì
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    • 3User reviews
    • 7Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 1 nomination

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    Il cammino della speranza (1950)
    Il cammino della speranza (1950)
    Franco Navarra, Raf Vallone, and Elena Varzi in Il cammino della speranza (1950)
    Raf Vallone and Elena Varzi in Il cammino della speranza (1950)
    Raf Vallone and Elena Varzi in Il cammino della speranza (1950)
    Chicco Coluzzi, Luciana Coluzzi, Angelina Scaldaferri, and Raf Vallone in Il cammino della speranza (1950)
    Il cammino della speranza (1950)
    Elena Varzi in Il cammino della speranza (1950)
    Franco Navarra, Saro Urzì, and Elena Varzi in Il cammino della speranza (1950)
    Liliana Lattanzi, Giuseppe Priolo, Paolo Reale, and Renato Terra in Il cammino della speranza (1950)
    Mirella Ciotti and Angelo Grasso in Il cammino della speranza (1950)
    Raf Vallone in Il cammino della speranza (1950)

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    Raf Vallone
    Raf Vallone
    • Saro Cammarataas Saro Cammarata
    Elena Varzi
    • Barbara Spadaroas Barbara Spadaro
    Saro Urzì
    Saro Urzì
    • Ciccio Ingaggiatoreas Ciccio Ingaggiatore
    Franco Navarra
    • Vannias Vanni
    Liliana Lattanzi
    • Rosaas Rosa
    Mirella Ciotti
    • Lorenzaas Lorenza
    Saro Arcidiacono
    • Carmelo Muscoas Carmelo Musco
    Francesco Tomalillo
    • Misciuas Misciu
    • (as Francesco Tomolillo)
    Paolo Reale
    • Brasias Brasi
    Giuseppe Priolo
    • Lucaas Luca
    Renato Terra
    Renato Terra
    • Momminoas Mommino
    Carmela Trovato
    • Cirmenaas Cirmena
    Angelo Grasso
    • Antonioas Antonio
    Assunta Radico
    • Beatificataas Beatificata
    Francesca Russella
    • Grandmotheras Grandmother
    Giuseppe Cibardo
    • Turias Turi
    Nicoló Gibilaro
    • Grandfatheras Grandfather
    Chicco Coluzzi
    • Budaas Buda
    • Director
      • Pietro Germi
    • Writers
      • Nino Di Maria(novel: "Cuori negli abissi")
      • Federico Fellini(story) (screenplay)
      • Pietro Germi(story)
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    Storyline

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    Women wait anxiously at a minehead in Capodarso, Sicily where their men are underground. The mine is closing and the miners refuse to come up unless the owner relents. After three days, they give up in despair. In a bar in town, Ciccio is recruiting workers for jobs in France. He can get people over the border--for L20,000 a head. Enough people to fill a bus sell their belongings to pay the fee, including Saro and his three young children, and Barbara and her man Vanni, in trouble with the law and desperate to flee Italy. After reaching Naples by train, Ciccio tries to slip away but is grabbed by Vanni. Vanni tells Barbara where to meet at the border if anything should go wrong. In Rome, Ciccio points out Vanni to the police. In the shoot-out, both Vanni and Ciccio escape; the others are arrested and the police order them to return to Sicily or be charged with "illegal expatriation". Nearly out of money, with Saro as leader they head north instead. Hardship draws Saro and Barbara closer together. —David Carless
    • italy
    • border
    • sicily
    • miner
    • italian neorealism
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    • Trivia
      Italian censorship visa #8697 dated 11 October1950.
    • Connections
      Edited into Lo schermo a tre punte (1995)

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    Top review
    9/10
    Hope springs eternal.
    This is a powerful, monumental film 'inspired' by a novel of Nino di Maria with screenplay by Fellini, Pinelli and Pietro Germi who directs. Cinematographer Leonida Barboni has captured incredible images, both scenically and facially whilst Carlo Rustichelli has contributed one of his most powerful scores. The burgeoning relationship between Saro and Barbera played by husband and wife team Raf Vallone and Elena Varzi is beautifully and sensitively handled. The final scene of the 'illegal' immigrants being intercepted in the snow by Franco-Italian customs officials is unforgettable. Not for nothing is this film named as one of the '100 Italian films to be saved' as it has majesty, vigour, character and humanity. Perhaps because it was released when people no longer wished to be reminded of economic hardship and were looking ahead to a brighter, more prosperous future, this film was not much lauded at the time although it did at least win the Silver Bear at the Berlin Film festival. One of Germi's best and sits honourably with 'Grapes of Wrath' as both drama and social commentary. Undeservedly neglected.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • November 22, 1950 (Italy)
    • Country of origin
      • Italy
    • Language
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • Put nade
    • Filming locations
      • Rome, Lazio, Italy
    • Production company
      • Lux Film
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 45 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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