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*experiment*al f _il[mma#%ker:$s `! Da/niel^le H/u( i*llet an-d `::J^. :ean-Ma:$
rie Stra^*ub helm! e$d t@his unusua)\-l adaptation of a/
novel\, by) El]io Vittori ni`@.. Foc` (used# ; on the% $` triumph^]$s and +_failures of a group :^of l!.aborers and fa`r \=m ha?**:]nd s^% who pooled] their #r ^esources to operate an alterna%[tive # collectiv=e   %farm af+te ) -r th-(-e end/*)* of W/orld ;_]War? %- II, Operai-*,  C=ontadini f!-ea\t;(ures a cast of 12) = actors who read !al*:/oud from $Vittorin+/+i&,#3#%@_9s book`+* for the durati on of the .f: ilm, e/.it/h: .$er reciting from m#em ;[or[y/#^ or using a clearly visible s$cript.\ Har#dly+!_ desig,ned `$t*o b
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_a crow !d pleaser, Ope[r:/ai, Contadini proved to be cont\ro*%+ ve+^
[rsial among the aud#(iences for it(#]s_ s$(howin=gs at the 20!01 Ca@nnes Film Fes $`ti] val, $)_where it was sc_re(@ ened a]_s =:par.t ];of the Directors ;'!*
, `For :tnight series. ))&qu:o
% t ~ Mark D/.:eming, /Al%
l^\ Mo+)@?v=ie Guide%　　"The =group makes up a p+rim_itiv,e [@c*^o[mmunity   which :se]:*ek+^:s to erase not only %!the dist%%_re]%ss created by th`)e war!` but =? \a:lso the hardshi@ ?$ps @of life/?@ and $= =hunger, and-( to*`]@ protect them /$(f/ rom vi] =ol-_ence,  ,.mi-;sery#_? 
and fea/r. -;Amid the ruins of this pos t.@:-war *;^period++?, @*t@?\he characters b#/:uild and invent a$ rapport both in their professional / and (!] daily live@ $s betwee_)n themselves, the sexes, generati?\+ons, :dive)^` `rse social and geographical origins, and antagonistic politica#*?l 
-_c\amps.　　$#^The gro^?*/up maintains a ?9register', a ^)kind (of!%* diary, as if i* t were entering t\he minutes of an inquiry  o r a trial." -Steve,. Grayson　　&(quotmy) favorite S*+traub^ -Huill?/!et films are Too Early., Too Late]
* an=-@d Op]erai, !-:c?ontadini (2001), both color land$scape fi[^+lms with especially ac+@[ute se!.,nses of plac?@e%#: a?`s  well as of nat ure in/ all its harsh beauty." - Jonat
%han Rosenb;aum