Running time 92 mins Language EnglishItalian Director Giorgio Mangiamele | Release date 1953 Country Australia Initial release 1953 Cast Giorgio Mangiamele | |
Starring Giorgio MangiameleLuigi BorsoGiuseppe CusatoHalina KisilevskiGiuseppe Michelini People also search for Ninety-Nine Per Cent, The Spag, Clay, Triumph of Research, Beyond Reason | ||
Il Contratto (also known as 'The Contract') is a 1953 Australian film from Giorgio Mangiamele and Italian migrants in Australia. It was completed within a year of Mangiamele's arrival in Australia from Italy.
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Plot
Four young single Italian men (Giuseppe Michelini, Luigi Borsi, Giuseppe Cusato, Giorgio Mangiamele) travel to Melbourne by boat. Their trip was financed by loans from a travel agency, attracted by an Australian government scheme that promises them two years’ guaranteed employment. They settle in inner-city accommodation, but find it impossible to obtain work in the midst of Australia’s 1952–53 recession. Together with a woman friend, the men move to a farm outside Melbourne. After some initial setbacks, they earn enough money to pay off the agency loans.