One of the most beautiful films of Italian cinematic Neorealism, Giovanna, a real pearl by Gillo Pontecorvo dated 1955, is almost completely unknown to the public. Entirely filmed in Prato, inside an old factory, now dismantled, and fully interpreted by workers and employees of the various textile companies of the city, the film tells the struggle of the workers to defend their jobs against the thirst for profits of the bosses and also against their own husbands who want them to stay at home to look after the children. It is not only a magnificent document of industrial archaeology, but also and above all the portrait of a new woman, modern and ancient at the same time.
University of Florence, Italy
Book Title
Da 'città del silenzio' a città delle macchine
Book Subtitle
Prato nel cinema degli anni '50
Authors
Alessandro Bernardi
Peer Reviewed
Number of Pages
40
Publication Year
2010
Copyright Information
© 2010 Author(s)
Content License
Metadata License
Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/978-88-6655-013-6
ISBN Print
978-88-6655-010-5
eISBN (pdf)
978-88-6655-013-6
eISBN (xml)
978-88-5518-912-5
Series Title
Pluriverso – Quaderni della Biblioteca del Polo Universitario di Prato
Series ISSN
2704-5757
Series E-ISSN
2705-0394