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The Taviani brothers have made a film that sings with touching beauty."
- David Ansen, Newsweek Brothers Paolo and Vittorio Taviani perfectly convey to the big screen the true and shocking story of a child's struggle to escape silence and isolation. My Father and My Master is a real-life story adapted from the novel of the same name by the famous Italian writer Gavino Ledda, who was taken away from his school at the age of six by his father and forced to work as a shepherd in the mountains. It tells the story of Gavino's struggle to escape from his slave life and discover the world outside and his own identity.
Winner of the 1977 Cannes Film Festival Grand Prize "
"My Father and My Master"
, is an incredible story of perseverance and a thrilling example of filmmaking."
-Chicago Reader
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