Padre Padrone ★★★½ Father Master; My Father, My Master 1977 The much acclaimed adaptation of the Gavino Ledda autobiography about his youth in agrarian Sardinia with a brutal, tyrannical father. Eventually he overcomes his handicaps, breaks the destructive emotional ties to his father and successfully attends college. Highly regarded although low budget; in an Italian dialect (Sardinian) with English subtitles. 113m/C VHS, DVD. IT Omero Antonutti, Saverio Marconi, Marcella Michelangeli, Fabrizio Forte;
Director:
Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani;
Writer:
Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani;
Writer:
Mario Masini;
Cameo:
Egisto Macchi. Cannes '77: Film.
