Metello

Metello

1970 · 107 min · ★ 5.8 · Drama

The story of a young man of the working class, who has grown up practically an orphan due to his father’s repeated jailings for anarchistic activism. Struggling with life in 19th-century Italy, Metello Salani is determined to change his situation for the better - but love, marriage and politics complicate things considerably...

Directed by Mauro Bolognini · Written by Luigi Bazzoni

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