GIOVANNA
Contributors: Medici, Antonio (Film critic); Pontecorvo, Gillo, 1919-2006, film director
Edition: 2. ed.
Series: Cinema/lavoro; Cinema/lavoro
Publisher: Ediesse
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Roma
Language: ita
Number of pages: 193
ISBN-13: 9788823014381
Subjects: Motion picture film; Preservation; Women employees; Drama; Textile factories; Working class; Giovanna (Motion picture)
Other titles: Contains (work): Giovanna (Motion picture)
Description: "This film is set in the early 1950s, in a small textile factory in central Italy (Prato). Giovanna and her fellow female workers decide to enact a protest against the direction of the factory's dismissal plan, by occupying the factory and continuing to work until the proprietor cancels the dismissals. None of these women can afford to lose their jobs, as it is the only income in the family. All workers receive moral and material support from their families, apart from Giovanna, who bravely endures her husband's disapproval. Almost all the women hold out for thirty-five days in spite of the proprietor's attempts to break their resistance. He first blocks the road to the factory and then cuts off electric power to increase their isolation; finally, he tries to convince them to accept the dismissal of at least a smaller number of them. But the women overcome these obstacles, determined to resist... "--Internet Movie Database.
Notes: Book includes the screenplay of the film (p. 43-129).

Full screen 1.33:1.

DVD release of a 1956 short film.

Includes bibliographical references.

DVD video, NTSC, all region.
Table of contents: title: [Book]. GIOVANNA : storia di un film e del suo restauro / Gillo Pontecorvo ; a cura di Antonio Medici. II Edizione; title: [DVD] GIOVANNA (1955) / Tirrenica Film ; soggetto e sceneggiatura, Franco Solinas e Gillo Pontecorvo ; regia, Gillo Pontecorvo.