Elio Ruffo

Rudolf a nazi officer falls in love with Ester a jewish singer and tries to save her from deportation hiding her in the Monastery of Santa Chiara.

Between mafia movie and social denunciation, it is the story of a journalist who makes a television report in a small town in Calabria on the election eve. Instead of illustrating the beauty of the place as the town’s notables would like, he interviews humble fishermen about their miserable living conditions. But the local mafia boss does not agree with this choice….

An orphaned teenage girl attempts to raise her young siblings while being courted by a poor laborer in this Italian neorealistic drama.