The story follows a real life anti-fascist intellectual, Carlo Levi, into his forced exile in small, isolated village in a remote region of Southern Italy. The village is populated by inhabitants who barely survive on the meager harvest of the unyielding land. Eboli, the closest train station, is the last outpost of civilization (such as it is) before entering a world that has changed very little since the Middle Ages. The movie title, after the book written by Carlo Levi, expresses all the sense of abandon, neglect, desolation and human despair. According to the local tales, even Christ, in his southward journey, went no further than Eboli. Beyond that point, not even God dared (or could be bothered) to go...
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Author of original work :
Foreign producers :
Franco Cristaldi, Nicola Carraro
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Feature film
Genres :
FictionSub-genre :
Drama, Literary adaptationProduction language :
ItalianCoproducer countries :
Italy, FranceOriginal French-language productions :
UnspecifiedNationality :
Minority French (Italy, France)Production year :
1980French release :
07/05/1980Runtime :
2 h 25 minCurrent status :
ReleasedVisa number :
49.520Visa issue date :
24/03/1980Approval :
UnknownProduction formats :
35mmColor type :
ColorAspect ratio :
1.66Audio format :
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