English (en-US)

Title

Heaven Over the Marshes

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Unlike most Italian films of the 1940s, Augusto Genina's Cielo Sulla Palude opened in Venice rather than Rome. The film's American title was Heaven Over the Marshes, and indeed most of the story is set in the disease-ridden Pontine Marshes on the outskirts of Rome. This was the home of Maria Goretti, a pious young girl who was murdered by her would-be seducer. For reasons elucidated in the course of the film, Maria's short time on earth made her worthy of Sainthood, which was actually bestowed upon her shortly after the release of this film. Maria Goretti is well-played by Ines Orsini. Cielo Sulla Palude served as the comeback feature for director Augusto Genina, whose previous pro-fascist films had caused him to be blacklisted after WW II.

1h 51m

Italian (it-IT)

Title

Cielo sulla palude

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La famiglia di Luigi Goretti, bracciante agricolo, trova alloggio e lavoro nel casolare abitato dai coloni Serenelli, padre e figlio, in una malsana zona paludosa, vicino a Nettuno. Il giovane Alessandro Serenelli è preso da una passione morbosa per la figlia maggiore di Luigi, Maria. Dapprima cerca di attrarla con qualche gentilezza, poi tenta di usarle violenza e, respinto, giunge al punto di minacciarla. All'ennesimo rifiuto, il ragazzo l'aggredisce: la poveretta muore dopo atroci sofferenze sopportate con ferma fede e dopo aver perdonato il suo assassino.

Spanish; Castilian (es-ES)

Title

El cielo sobre el pantano

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La familia Goretti encuentra trabajo en una insalubre zona pantanosa cerca de Nettuno, en la que tienen que compartir techo y oficios con el autoritario Giovanni Serenelli y su extraño hijo Alessandro. Este último se encapricha de María, la hija mayor de la familia, pero, tras las constantes negativas de esta a sus deshonestas proposiciones, el violento joven comienza a amenazarle. Estimable biografía de santa María Goretti, canonizada por Pío XII. El filme plasma, con destreza, la pobreza en la que vivieron María y su familia, humildes campesinos de una zona rural de Italia de principios del siglo XX.

1h 51m

Spanish; Castilian (es-MX)

Title

El cielo sobre el pantano

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