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Giovanna

1955

36m

7.0

7.0/10

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Overview

This short is set in the early 1950s in a small textile factory in central Italy (Prato). Giovanna and her fellow female workers decide to enact a protest against the direction of the factory's dismissal plan, by occupying the factory and continuing to work until the proprietor cancels the dismissals. None of these women can really afford to lose their jobs, as it is the only income in the family. All workers receive moral and material support from their families, apart from Giovanna, who bravely endures her husband's disapproval. Almost all the women hold out for thirty-five days in spite of the proprietor's attempts to break their resistance. At first he blocks the road to the factory, then he cuts off electric power to increase their isolation; finally, he tries to convince them to accept the dismissal of at least a smaller number of them. But the women overcome these obstacles, determined to resist...

Status: Released

Language: IT

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Production Information

Production Companies

Tirrenia Film

Production Countries

Italy

Spoken Languages

Italian

Quick Facts

Release Date	January 1, 1955
Status	Released
Language	IT
IMDb ID	tt0177805

Cast

Armida Gianassi

Giovanna

Carla Pozzi

Key Crew

Gillo Pontecorvo

Writer

Franco Solinas

Writer

Gillo Pontecorvo

Director

Giuliani G. De Negri

Producer

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