La Carbonara
Directed byLuigi Magni
Written byLuigi Magni
Produced byLetizia Colonna
Massimo Ferrero
StarringLucrezia Lante Della Rovere
Valerio Mastandrea
Nino Manfredi
CinematographyDanilo Desideri
Pino De Valeri
Edited byFernanda Indoni
Music byNicola Piovani
Release date
2000
Running time
108 min
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

La Carbonara is a 2000 Italian historical comedy drama film written and directed by Luigi Magni.[1][2]

Plot

Roman Campagna, early 1800. Cecilia is a commoner who runs an inn, where the specialty is the spaghetti alla carbonara. Moreover, the woman is tied to the movement of young patriots, named "Carbonari", who want a united Italy, and are struggling against the power of the pope. Cecilia believes she lost her husband in a fatal accident, and has made a new lover: Fabrizio, who is also a patriot. One day the guy's saved by a monk, when he is about to be imprisoned by the soldiers of Cardinal Rivarola. The monk is the husband of Cecilia, not dead in the accident, and now he helps her to fight against the power of Rome with the Carbonari.

Cast

References

  1. Roberto Chiti; Enrico Lancia; Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I Film. Gremese Editore, 2002.
  2. Franco Montini, Piero Spila, Il mondo di Luigi Magni : avventure, sogni e disincanto. Rai Eri, 2000. ISBN 8839711341.
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