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Alba pagana

  • 1970
  • R
  • 1h 41m
IMDb RATING
5.3/10
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Alba pagana (1970)
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A dramatic and penetrating examination of the intellectual and moral standards existing at England's Oxford University in the early 1970s.A dramatic and penetrating examination of the intellectual and moral standards existing at England's Oxford University in the early 1970s.A dramatic and penetrating examination of the intellectual and moral standards existing at England's Oxford University in the early 1970s.

  • Director
    • Ugo Liberatore
  • Writers
    • Ugo Liberatore
    • George Crowther
    • Fulvio Gicca Palli
  • Stars
    • Jane Birkin
    • Alessio Orano
    • John Steiner
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.3/10
    158
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Ugo Liberatore
    • Writers
      • Ugo Liberatore
      • George Crowther
      • Fulvio Gicca Palli
    • Stars
      • Jane Birkin
      • Alessio Orano
      • John Steiner
    • 6User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Jane Birkin
    Jane Birkin
    • Flora Finlake
    Alessio Orano
    • Valerio Montelli
    John Steiner
    John Steiner
    • Roderick Stanton
    Rossella Falk
    Rossella Falk
    • Mrs. Finlake
    Micaela Pignatelli
    Micaela Pignatelli
    • Amanda
    Edda Di Benedetto
    Iain Sinclair
    • Professor Finlake
    Bianca Maria Corbella
    Carlo Spadoni
    John Gayford
    • Whipple
    Susan Jones
    Ben Etoria
    Bill Pill
    • College Servant
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    • Director
      • Ugo Liberatore
    • Writers
      • Ugo Liberatore
      • George Crowther
      • Fulvio Gicca Palli
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    2vyto34

    Pointless sadism

    Jane Birkin is attractive and the set decorator created a very colorful Carnaby-Street-in-Oxford. But the only theme of this flick is sadism and this is not exactly uplifting. The characters are 2-dimensional cardboard cutouts and no subtlety is to be found.
    8christopher-underwood

    soon gets under the skin

    Most impressive film from Ugo Liberatore. Made two years after, The Sex of Angels, this is particularly interesting because it is a film made in 1970, in Oxford by an Italian. Alessio Orano is the male lead and Jane Birkin the female and even money on who is the prettiest. Looks aside Orano is excellent as the politically aware Italian student enrolled at Oxford and disillusioned from the start. he cannot see why whilst the rest of Europe is in turmoil, questioning everything, why the mighty college seems intent to carry on with its weird and bullying ways. The film begins leisurely but soon gets under the skin. The director has a fine eye for visuals and a keen interest in human behaviour helping to make this a most powerful movie, relevant, even now, 45 years on. Oh and, yes, Birkin does look wonderful throughout, even if we are not entirely sympathetic towards her as this descends from hippy tunes and green fields to corruption, violence and worse.
    10Cranstonman

    A truly brilliant piece of work.

    An amazing film, not so much forgotten,as never noticed in the first place. It captures the time perfectly, Oxford has never looked as good on film. Orano is very good as the out of place Italian student, Birkin is simply lovely, and John Steiner is magnificent as the smug Roderick, the establishment face of university life. See it now.
    lazarillo

    Very memorable

    You may or may not like this movie, but you definitely won't forget it. It's an Italian film, but shot on location at Oxford University with the dialogue synced British-style rather than dubbed like with most Italian films. It focuses on the the brutal class relations and the storied May Day rituals at the world's most prestigious university. The protagonist (Alessandro Oranio) is a working-class Italian student attending Oxford on a rowing scholarship and trying to fit in among his aristocratic British peers in an absolutely unforgiving environment of rarefied class privilege. He meets and gets severely teased by the daughter (Jane Birkin)of one of the Oxford "dons" who tutors him. The end, which takes place at the drunken May Day celebration, is absolutely brutal (albeit also pretty unmotivated). It'll definitely stay with you for a long time afterwords.

    The best part of this movie is the two leads. I always had Alessandro Oranio pegged as a talentless pretty-boy (he was once married to Ornella Muti--I always figured, because she was one on the few women in Italy actually prettier than he was). But after seeing this and his very first movie with Muti,"The Most Beautiful Wife", I've really had to reevaluate my initial judgment. He is especially impressive here, acting in what is obviously his second language. As for Jane Birkin--well, what can you say about Jane Birkin? She is one of my all time favorite British actresses. She was a singer and actress who was genuinely talented at both. She had an incredible body which she displayed in practically every role (she supposedly has the first ever full-frontal nude scene in a mainstream movie in Michelangelo Antonioni's "Blow-up"). And as icing on the cake, she later gave birth to Charlotte Gainsboug, another stunning beauty and one of my favorite FRENCH actresses.

    Both actors are very good here and their convincing performances really flesh out what are some pretty opaque characters. I have to wonder though what people at Oxford thought of this movie. (Its portrayal of Oxford undergrads makes the pagans in "The Wicker Man" seem positively genteel and civilized). Definitely recommended though.

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    • Trivia
      The Tremeloes recorded the soundtrack album "May Morning" in 1970 but it was not given a release until 2000 (Castle Music CMRCD 025).
    • Soundtracks
      May Morning
      Performed by the Tremeloes

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    • Release date
      • August 3, 1970 (Italy)
    • Country of origin
      • Italy
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • May Morning
    • Filming locations
      • Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
    • Production company
      • Mondial Televisione Film
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 41 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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