From the Clouds to the Resistance (1979): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 1979, From the Clouds to the Resistance is a drama film directed by Jean-Marie Straub, running about 104 minutes.

What it’s about. 'Dalla nube alla resistenza (From the Cloud to the Resistance ) (1978), based on two works by Cesare Pavese, falls into the category of History Lessons and Too Early, Too Late as well. It, too, has two parts—a twentieth-century text and a text regarding the myths of antiquity, each set in the appropriate landscape. Pavese's The Moon and the Bonfires looks back on the violent deaths of Italian anti-Fascist resistance fighters; Dialogues with Leucò is a series of dialogues between heroes and gods, connecting myth and history and returning to an ambiguous stage in the creation of distinctions, such as that between animal and human, which are fundamental to grammar and language itself. Such a juxtaposition of political engagement with profoundly contemplative issues such as myth, nature, and meaning points to the characters of Empedocles and Antigone in the Hölderlin films.' (From "Landscapes of resistance. The German Films of Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub" by Barton Byg)

Who’s in it. From the Clouds to the Resistance stars Olimpia Carlisi as Nefele, Guido Lombardi as Issione, Gino Felici as Hippolocos and Lori Pelosini as Sarpedonte, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 5.0/10, From the Clouds to the Resistance has proved divisive with audiences.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch From the Clouds to the Resistance page.

If you liked it. Fans of From the Clouds to the Resistance tend to enjoy The Shawshank Redemption, The Godfather, Schindler's List and The Godfather Part II.