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Toni (France)

Ordinary laborer

Director: Jean Renoir

Cast: Charles Blavette   Celia Montalvan   Jenny Helia

Footage: 90min

Year: 1934

The plot was based on a true story. An Italian laborer sets the gears in motion for Zola-esque tragedy by falling in love with a young woman, who then marries his foreman. This terse triangle is given verisimilitude by the unknown players and the location filming at the actual village where the real-life incident took place.

Toni was obviously a major influence in the Italian Neorealist movement of the 1940s.

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