Mein Vater, mein Herr (1977)

Mein Vater, mein Herr: Directed by Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani. With Omero Antonutti, Saverio Marconi, Marcella Michelangeli, Fabrizio Forte. The son of a shepherd embarks in the quest of emancipating himself from a tough lifestyle that his condition and his father force on him.

“The life of an Italian peasant who was forced out of school by his father so as to be a shepherd in the remote country side. The loneliness and the fatheru0026#39;s brutality has an effect on the boy who grows up to be a late learner in reading and writing. This new knowledge he uses as a weapon against the everlasting battle with his tyrant father. The first half drags on but the second half all comes together.”