''From the Clouds to the Resistance'' ( it, Dalla nube alla resistenza, literally ''From the Cloud to the Resistance'') is a 1979 Italian

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by Danièle Huillet and

Jean-Marie Straub Jean-Marie is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: * Jean-Marie Abgrall (born 1950), a French psychiatrist, criminologist, specialist in forensic medicine, cult expert, and graduate in criminal law * Jean-Marie C ...

. It competed in the

Un Certain Regard (, meaning 'a certain glance') is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's official selection. It is run at the Debussy, parallel to the competition for the . This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob. The section presents 20 films w ...

section at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival.

Cast

Olimpia Carlisi Olimpia Carlisi (born 29 December 1946) is an Italian stage, film and television actress. Career Carlisi was born in Campi Bisenzio, Florence, on 29 December 1946. After her debut as a stage actress, she made her film debut working with Roberto ...

- The Cloud * Guido Lombardi - Issione * Gino Felici - Ippoloco * Lori Pelosini - Sarpedonte * Walter Pardini - Edipo * Ennio Lauricella - Tiresia *

Andrea Bacci Andrea Bacci is a race car driver born in Florence, Italy on 14 April 1972. *Not to be confused with Andrea Bacci the Italian actor of From the Clouds to the Resistance. He was in 1993 the Italian Championship Hill Climbing and second in 1994 It ...

- 1st hunter * Loris Cavallini - 2nd hunter *

Francesco Ragusa Francesco Ragusa (1590s – 1655) was an Italian painter of the late-Mannerist and early-Baroque period, active in mainly in Rome. *Not to be confused with Italian actor Francesco Ragusa of From the Clouds to the Resistance. Biography He was born ...

- Litierse * Fiorangelo Pucci - Eracle * Dolando Bernardini - Father * Andrea Filippi - Son * Mauro Monni - The Bastard * Carmelo Lacorte - Nuto * Mario di Mattia - Cinto *

Plot

*Part One: Six stories taken from

Cesare Pavese Cesare Pavese ( , ; 9 September 1908 – 27 August 1950) was an Italian novelist, poet, short story writer, translator, literary critic, and essayist. He is often referred to as one of the most influential Italian writers of his time. Early li ...

's Dialoghi con Leuco. Philosophical conversations between mythological characters including

Nephele In Greek mythology, Nephele (; Ancient Greek: Νεφέλη from νέφος ''nephos'' "cloud"; Latinized to ''Nubes'') was a cloud nymph who figured prominently in the story of Phrixus and Helle. Mythology Greek myth has it that Nephele is t ...

/The Cloud (

) and Issione/

Ixion In Greek mythology, Ixion ( ; el, Ἰξίων, ''gen''.: Ἰξίονος means 'strong native') was king of the Lapiths, the most ancient tribe of Thessaly. Family Ixion was the son of Ares, or Leonteus, or Antion and Perimele, or the not ...

( Guido Lombardi), Ippòloco/ Hippolochus ( Gino Felici) and Sarpedonte/

Sarpedon Sarpedon (; grc, Σαρπηδών) is the name of several figures in Greek mythology * Sarpedon, a son of Zeus, who fought on the side of Troy in the Trojan War. Although in the ''Iliad'', he was the son of Zeus and Laodamia, the daughter of Bell ...

( Lori Pelosini), Edipo/

Oedipus Oedipus (, ; grc-gre, Οἰδίπους "swollen foot") was a mythical Greek king of Thebes. A tragic hero in Greek mythology, Oedipus accidentally fulfilled a prophecy that he would end up killing his father and marrying his mother, thereby ...

( Walter Pardini) and

Tiresias In Greek mythology, Tiresias (; grc, Τειρεσίας, Teiresías) was a blind prophet of Apollo in Thebes, famous for clairvoyance and for being transformed into a woman for seven years. He was the son of the shepherd Everes and the nym ...

( Ennio Lauricella), two hunters (

and Lori Cavallini) discussing reincarnation of humans punished by the gods, Litierse/

Lityerses In Greek mythology, Lityerses (Ancient Greek: Λιτυέρσης) was an illegitimate son of Midas (or of Comis) dwelling in Celaenae, Phrygia. Mythology Lityerses was a talented swordsman, and was bloodthirsty and aggressive. He challenged peop ...

and Eracle/

Heracles Heracles ( ; grc-gre, Ἡρακλῆς, , glory/fame of Hera), born Alcaeus (, ''Alkaios'') or Alcides (, ''Alkeidēs''), was a divine hero in Greek mythology, the son of Zeus and Alcmene, and the foster son of Amphitryon.By his adoptive ...

(

and Fiorangelo Pucci), and a father and son ( Dolando Bernardini and Andrea Filippi) who are burning a fire as an annual sacrifice to the land. *Part Two: Taken from Cesare Pavese's novel, La Luna e i Falò After WWII, the emigrant 'The Bastard' ( Mauro Monni) comes back to his village in the Langhe (northern Italy) to find that everyone he knew has died and the war has deeply changed relationships between people.

References

External links

* 1979 films 1970s Italian-language films 1979 drama films Films directed by Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet Italian drama films 1970s Italian films {{1970s-Italy-film-stub