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简介："VeteranexperimentalfilmmakersDanielleHuilletandJean-MarieStraubhelmedthisunusualadaptationofanovelbyElioVittorini.FocusedonthetriumphsandfailuresofagroupoflaborersandfarmhandswhopooledtheirresourcestooperateanalternativecollectivefarmaftertheendofWorldWarII,Operai,Contadinifeaturesacastof12actorswhoreadaloudfromVittorini'sbookforthedurationofthefilm,eitherrecitingfrommemoryorusingaclearlyvisiblescript.Hardlydesignedtobeacrowdpleaser,Operai,Contadiniprovedtobecontroversialamongtheaudiencesforitsshowingsatthe2001CannesFilmFestival,whereitwasscreenedaspartoftheDirectors'Fortnightseries."~MarkDeming,AllMovieGuide"Thegroupmakesupaprimitivecommunitywhichseekstoerasenotonlythedistresscreatedbythewarbutalsothehardshipsoflifeandhunger,andtoprotectthemfromviolence,miseryandfear.Amidtheruinsofthispost-warperiod,thecharactersbuildandinventarapport bothintheirprofessionalanddailylives betweenthemselves,thesexes,generations,diversesocialandgeographicalorigins,andantagonisticpoliticalcamps.Thegroupmaintainsa'register',akindofdiary,asifitwereenteringtheminutesofaninquiryoratrial."-SteveGrayson"myfavoriteStraub-HuilletfilmsareTooEarly,TooLateandOperai,contadini(2001),bothcolorlandscapefilmswithespeciallyacutesensesofplaceaswellasofnatureinallitsharshbeauty."-JonathanRosenbaum