Banditi a Orgosolo

1960 film

Vittorio De Seta
Marcello Gallinelli
Luciano Tovoli

Edited byJolanda BenvenutiMusic byValentino Bucchi

Release date

1960 (1960)

Running time

98 minutesCountryItalyLanguageItalian

Banditi a Orgosolo (Bandits of Orgosolo) is a 1960 Italian film drama directed by Vittorio De Seta. The film stars Vittorina Pisano. De Seta won an Award for the film at the Venice Film Festival.

Cast

Vittorina Pisanu ... Mintonia
Michele Cossu ... Michele Cossu
Peppeddu Cuccu ... Peppeddu Cossu

Plot

Michele, a shepherd of Orgosolo unfairly charged with rustling and murder, is forced to take to the hills. In his flight into the inaccessible areas of Barbagia, where there is neither water nor pastures, he loses every sheep in his flock.

One night, desperate because he is full of debts, and with impending trials up ahead, he goes into the sheepfold of another shepherd and, at gunpoint, steals every sheep.

Michele has become a bandit.