Destination Piovarolo | |
Director: | Domenico Paolella |
Starring: | Totò Tina Pica |
Music: | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino |
Cinematography: | Mario Fioretti |
Editing: | Gisa Radicchi Levi |
Producer: | Lux Film |
Country: | Italy |
Language: | Italian |
Runtime: | 89 min |
Destination Piovarolo (it|Destinazione Piovarolo) is a 1955 Italian comedy film directed by Domenico Paolella.[1]
In 1922, during Fascism, Antonio La Quaglia accepts the assignment to the station master in a remote town called Piovarolo, because that's where it always rains. Antonio soon realizes that life in the small village is sad, because the inhabitants are all old, deluded, dying, without hope. Antonio so hopefully he will be moved to a larger city; but the years pass and Antonio holds the same job. One day he sees off the train a beautiful lady, who does the primary school teacher. Soon the two get married and start a family, but always Antonio wants to get away from Piovarolo, but politics and the ministry do not care at all about him.
Antonio La Quaglia
Sara
Mariuccia La Quaglia
Beppa
Ernesto
the Podestà
De Fassi
Marcello Gorini
Sacristan
Outgoing station master
De Fassi's secretary
Gorini's secretary
Minister
Minister's secretary