The Last Paradiso

THE LAST PARADISO is set in the 1950s in the Italian countryside where olives are grown, harvested, and pressed into oil. The power is in the hands of a few landowners who control the price of the olives, keeping the local farmers and pickers on starvation wages. Schettino (Antonio Gerardi) is the boss overseeing the pickers, and he regularly singles out young girls who need the money, separating them from the other workers to rape them. He has bought off the local police and believes he can threaten and even kill with impunity. Ciccio (Riccardo Samarcio, also a co-writer) is the local playboy, seducing other men's wives and daughters for fun until he falls in love with boss Schettino's daughter, Bianca (Gaia Bermani Amaral). They dream of leaving their backwater behind, but Ciccio also wants to stay and stand up for the rights of his fellow workers. What will he do?