Padre padrone (also known as Father and Master, 1977) is an Italian film directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani. The Tavianis used both professional and non-professional actors from the Sardinian countryside.The drama was originally filmed by the Taviani brothers for Italian television but won the 1977 Palme d'Or prize at the 1977 Cannes Film Festival.The film depicts a Sardinian shepherd who is terrorized by his domineering father and tries to escape by educating himself.