| No Peace Under the Olive Tree | |
| Director: | Giuseppe De Santis |
| Producer: | Domenico Forges Davanzati |
| Starring: | Raf Vallone Lucia Bosé Folco Lulli |
| Music: | Goffredo Petrassi |
| Cinematography: | Piero Portalupi |
| Editing: | Gabriele Varriale |
| Studio: | Lux Film |
| Distributor: | Lux Film |
| Runtime: | 107 minutes |
| Country: | Italy |
| Language: | Italian |
No Peace Under the Olive Tree (Italian: Non c'è pace tra gli ulivi) is a 1950 Italian neorealist drama film directed by Giuseppe De Santis and starring Raf Vallone, Lucia Bosé and Folco Lulli.[1] It was the director's follow-up to Bitter Rice (1949) which also starred Vallone. It was originally planned to partner him with Silvana Mangano again, but due to her pregnancy she was replaced by Lucia Bosé.[2] Despite the commercial success of Bitter Rice, the Communist De Santis had been stung by left-wing criticism due to American cultural elements included the film which he purposefully excluded from the follow-up. He also included characters who were less ambiguous and concluded with a happy ending, similar to those of Socialist realism.[3]
The film's sets were designed by the art director Carlo Egidi. Location shooting took place around Fondi in Lazio, the hometown of director De Santis.
A young shepherd returns home after the Second World War having been held in a prisoner of war camp. He finds that the local landowner has stolen his sheep and his girlfriend. When he also assaults and murders his sister, the shepherd takes revenge.