Word: terracina
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...political factions as a little Italian fishing village goes about repairing its war-bombed town clock. Peace is finally restored to the community when the clock is unveiled. The movie was shot in 1950, not in Fiumicino, where political tensions were too acute, but in the ancient town of Terracina (pop. 15,600). The movie introduces a minor romantic subplot involving a pretty schoolteacher and a Popular Frontist, but is otherwise generally faithful to the original news story. Directed with an earthy flavor...
Supporting the professional performers in their leading roles are approximately 800 of Terracina's citizens, who go about their acting jobs with relish. Good musical touch: the satirical score that blares out from the screen at intervals, entirely drowning out the strident, arm-waving speechifying of the antagonists...
...visit to Fiumicino confirmed the facts of TIME'S story. It disclosed, however, that the basic antagonisms which created the Clock Fight were still present. Any attempt to make the picture in Fiumicino would probably be disastrous. Instead, Tamburella chose Terracina, a highly photogenic, centuries-old fishing village south of Rome. Having received TIME'S permission to use the story, he put his writers to work on the script. When shooting began last October, Tamburella used native Terracinans for all except the lead roles. One member of the cast, new to all moviegoers, is Patrizia Mangano...