Christ Stopped at Eboli film : 6 results priced between £5.00 and £25.00

OTHER INFORMATION: AKA Cristo si è fermato a Eboli; This may be a later release quad, not entirely sure; Gian Maria Volonté, Paolo Bonacelli and Alain Cuny, Directed by Francesco Rosi

Carlo Levi was sent to the southern Italian region of Lucania in 1935 as a result of his anti-Fascist activities. In Christ Stopped at Eboli he describes the extreme poverty of the people living there, as well as their stubborn resilience and ingrained superstitions. In Francesco Rosi’s stunning film adaptation of the book, made in 1979, the appearance of the place, with its barren hillsides and whitewashed houses, takes centre stage, and the story becomes that of one man’s gradual coming to terms...

'We're not Christians, Christ stopped short of here, at Eboli.' Exiled to a remote and barren corner of Italy for his opposition to Mussolini, Carlo Levi entered a world cut off from history and the state, hedged in by custom and sorrow, without comfort or solace, where, eternally patient, the peasants lived in an age-old stillness and in the presence of death - for Christ did stop at Eboli.

Suitable for intermediate to advanced level Italian courses, this title employs an interdisciplinary approach to explore the culture of the southern Italian region ...

Carlo Levi, one of the twentieth-century's most incisive commentators, was exiled to a remote and barren corner of southern Italy for his opposition to Mussolini. He entered a world cut off from history and the state, hedged in by custom and sorrow, without comfort or solace, where, eternally patient, the peasants lived in an age-old stillness and in the presence of death - for Christ did stop at Eboli.