Trivia

The title of the film and its source novel comes from an expression by the people of Gagliano who say of themselves, "Christ stopped short of here, at Eboli" which means, in effect, that they feel they have been bypassed by Christianity, by morality, by history itself-that they have somehow been excluded from the full human experience.

The source novel is based on the memoir of Carlo Levi, giving an account of his exile from 1935-1936 to Grassano and Aliano, remote towns in southern Italy, in the region of Lucania which is known today as Basilicata.

Included among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven Schneider.

Opening film - Cannes Film Festival 1974 (Out of Competition).

This film is part of the Criterion Collection, spine #1,043.