In a village of the Po valley where the earth is hard and life miserly, the priest and the communist mayor are always fighting to be the head of the…

A young, by-the-book judge is appointed to a Sicilian village controlled by corrupt leaders and the mafia.

Pietro Germi directs and stars in this masterpiece example of late Italian neo-realism. The stark tale centers on unfulfilled railroad worker Andrea (Germi). After his daughter’s marriage falls apart and…