THE MINE (La Mina) (1958) - ♦♦♦

Directed by - Giuseppe Bennati

Written by - Alberto Albani Barbieri, Giuseppe Bennati, Leonardo Benvenuti, Ranieri Cochetti, Piero De Bernardi, Vicente Escrivá, Giuseppe Mangione

Starring - Elsa Martinelli, Antonio Cifariello

"A man’s permanence in a small rural Italian village turns into melodrama as he falls in love with a girl, whom he finds out is involved in an illegal affair which involves the use of dynamite. Entertaining and sometimes even suspenseful. The photography too is remarkable. However, the events unfold in a way that is sometimes too conventionally artificial."

Drama, Italy/Spain