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City of Pain

City of Pain

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Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 4, 1949

Runtime

1h 39m

Genres

Drama

User Score

54%

Original Title

La città dolente

Production Companies

Istria, Scalera Film

Director

Mario Bonnard

Description

The city of Pola is being evacuated after the peace conference of 1947 decided to assign the sovereignty to Tito's Yugoslavia. However the main character decides to stay, thinking that Communism might bring him a better future. Life turns to be hard for him and his family until he changes his mind, but he is killed before he can leave the country.