Zappatore is an Italian drama film directed by Alfonso Brescia and starring Mario Merola. The film was released in Italy on 5 December 1980.

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Zappatore
Directed by	Alfonso Brescia
Written by	Alfonso Brescia, Piero Regnoli
Starring	Mario Merola Regina Bianchi
Music by	Eduardo Alfieri
Production company	Compagnia Produttori Cinematografici - Panda
Distributed by	Panda
Release date	5 December 1980 (1980-12-05)
Running time	98 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

It is the "cine-scripted" which received the highest grossing theaters, ranking the 60th place of the most successful films in Italy in the 1980/81 season.

The film is loosely based on the eponymous song, written by Libero Bovio and Albano.

Story

Francesco Esposito and his wife Madeleine are two farmers who raised Mario, their only child, with love and dedication. To finance his education, they became indebted to a lender. Mario becomes a brilliant lawyer in Naples, the city in which he works, and falls in love with Nancy, the daughter of an Italian-American industrialist. Despite the potential for a happy ending, the story is one of guilt and shame that Mario must reconcile his newfound social position contrasted with the humble beginnings of his parents.

Cast

• Mario Merola: Francesco, the digger
• Regina Bianchi: Maddalena
• Gerardo Amato: Mario son of Franscesco and Maddalena, lawyer
• Biagio Pelligra: accountant Vizzini
• Aldo Giuffré: Superintendent of Police
• Mara Venier: Nancy
• Alberto Farnese: Mike Barker, father of nancy
• Matilde Ciccia: Assuntina
• Rick Battaglia: Don Andrea
• Giacomo Rizzo: Pasqualino
• Lucio Montanaro: Gennarino

External links

• Zappatore at IMDb

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