PLOT & Review:
(Contains some spoilers)

Quote:
This film was not based on the famous one-act opera of Pietro Mascagni but rather on the original story by the Sicilian writer Giovanni Verga. It’s the story of Santuzza, her love Turiddu, and his passion for the married Lola that leads to his death in a duel when Lola’s husband Alfio exacts satisfaction. Santuzza’s curse leveled at unfaithful Turiddu, “A te la mala Pasqua!” (“Hope you have a bad Easter!”) is a memorable moment… as it was in Mascagni’s opera.

All Sicilian passion and emotion, the film is shot against authentic Sicilian backgrounds. There are wonderful colorful sequences of villagers riding in decorated traditionally decorated carts. Those scenes are so vivid you almost don’t notice the absence of color in this black and white film. Mount Etna looms in the background, suggestive of the smoking volcanic passions of some of the characters we see living near it.

Isa Pola is a sweet Santuzza, Leonardo Cortese is a convincingly reckless Turiddu, Carlo Ninchi is properly dour as the quasi-cuckolded husband, and legendary diva Doris Duranti captures our attention as the Carmen-esquire Lola. The music employed in this version consists of Sicilian folk songs and other traditional music…often accompanied by Jew’s harp. Amleto Palermi directed with a great deal of skill, a feeling for actors and a true sense of locale. In a 1939 poll, Italian moviegoers voted this their favorite film of the 1930s decade.
(Gerald A. DeLuca @IMDb)

From the one-act play (1894) by Giovanni Verga and from one of the “Novelle rusticane” (1883), scripted by the director with Tomaso Smith, Pier Maria Rosso di San Secondo and Santi Savarrino.
Lola, wife of carter Alfio, has an affair with the young Turiddu. When Alfio comes to know, he challenges his rival to a duel and kills him with a knife.
Beautiful and functional photography by Massimo Terzano, music and songs (taken from the Sicilian folklore and freely arranged) by Alessandro Cicognini.
Shot mostly indoors, with few but striking exterior.
True to Verga in letter and spirit, concise, well acted.
(Morandini)

1.07GB | 1h 16mn | 704×514 | mkv
https://nitroflare.com/view/45434FD29E10FA7/Cavalleria_rusticana_(1939).mkv

Spanish srt:
https://www.subdivx.com/X6XNTEzNjMxX-cavalleria-rusticana-1939.html

Language(s):Italian
Subtitles:Spanish

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PLOT SYNOPSIS
After many years in the city, the Duke Marco, accompanied by his lover Daisy and by a cohort of frivolous and condescending friends, pays a visit to the country estate in which he grew up, and that he now owns after his father’s death. The Duke slowly comes to acknowledge how deeply connected he feels towards the ancestral land and its humble people, but he is torn between his duties as a landowner and the whims of Daisy, who pushes him to sell the estate to an unscrupulous businessman. To complicate matters, the Duke gets increasingly fond of Emilia, the young and outspoken daughter of the head farmer.

1.01GB | 1h 28mn | 640×576 | mkv

https://nitro.download/view/7FB7A7430C102D1/Terra_Madre__1931_.mkv

Language:Italian
Subtitles:English,Italian

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