Allonsanfan

Allonsanfan (1974)

Allonsanfàn

After the 1815 Restoration, an aging revolutionary finds himself reluctantly involved in an attempted insurrection in Southern Italy while growing increasingly disillusioned with his cause.

Date of release
1974-09-06
TMDB
6.9 / 10 (44)
Runtime
1h 51m
Genres
History, Drama
Director
Vittorio Taviani, Paolo Taviani

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Basilicata, Apulia, and Merone

Allonsanfàn is a 1974 Italian historical drama film written and directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani. The title of the film, which is also the name of a character, comes from the first words of the French Revolutionary anthem La Marseillaise.

Production

The Taviani brothers wrote the screenplay for the film, originally titled Terza dimensione (lit. 'Third Dimension'), while listening to 19th-century Italian operas such as Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti and Giuseppe Verdi's Macbeth.

The directors originally planned to shoot the film in 1965 with Gian Maria Volonté in the main role. Following St. Michael Had a Rooster (1972), the film ended up being produced by a cooperative financed by the State-owned company Italnoleggio Cinematografico.

Principal photography took place between October and December 1973. Among the locations were Matera, Basilicata, and the Altopiano delle Murge in Apulia, at Pulo di Altamura and Castel del Monte. Scenes set at the Imbriani's family villa were shot at Villa Amalia in Erba, Lombardy. Both the opening scene and the violin scene between Fulvio and his son were shot in Brescia, at the Broletto and Teatro Grande.

Singer and songwriter Lucio Dalla was set to play Tito and some scenes were shot with him in the role, but was hospitalized during filming and had to be replaced by Bruno Cirino.

The score was composed by Ennio Morricone and directed by Bruno Nicolai, with chorus by Alessandro Alessandroni's I Cantori Moderni and solo violin by Giorgio Mönch. Tavianis' previous composer Giovanni Fusco introduced Morricone to the directors, who originally didn't want to use any original music for the film. A soundtrack album was released in Italy by RCA Italiana.

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