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The Return of the Prodigal Son (2003)
Directed by Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet
Drama · 29m
In Italy, immediately subsequent to the war, a group of people who lost all they possessed during the conflict, settle in a village in ruins. They intend to restore the city from the rubble and re-start life, in imitation of the women of Messina who rebuilt their city, destroyed as it was by an earthquake. Oscillating between respect and suspicion, co-existence between group members is tense. Things become complicated when an envoy from the government arrives to say that nothing there belongs to them. The film is a free adaptation of fragments of the novella ‘The Women of Messina’, by Sicilian writer Elio Vittorini.
Cast
Crew
- Director
- Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet
- Writer
- Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet
- Novel
- Elio Vittorini
- Editor
- Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet
- Producer
- Werner Dütsch, Martine Marignac
Details
- Original title
- Il ritorno del figlio prodigo - Umiliati
- Release date
- 2003-04-23
- Runtime
- 29m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- IT
- Spoken languages
- Italian
- Countries
- Germany, Italy, France