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Italian drama about an isolated mountain village rocked by the arrival of a deserted Sicilian soldier in the last year of World War II. Winner of the Silver Lion (Grand Prize of the Jury) in Venice.
Italian drama about an isolated mountain village rocked by the arrival of a deserted Sicilian soldier in the last year of World War II. Winner of the Silver Lion (Grand Prize of the Jury) in Venice.
Told in four chapters, each set in a different season, Maura Delpero’s stunningly beautiful and powerful new film takes us into the world of a remote Italian mountain village. It is nearing the end of the Second World War, something that has not really touched this place at all – until now.
A young Sicilian soldier named Pietro has carried his injured comrade Attilio all the way back to Attilio’s mountain home. Hailed as a hero, Pietro is furnished with the best the village can provide. As a rare newcomer (and a Sicilian, so an exotic stranger), Pietro is much gossiped about but keeps to himself. He catches the eye of Lucia, the eldest daughter of the stern village schoolteacher, and soon the two are gently flirting and fall in love with each other. This seemingly simple pairing of two young hearts sets off a sweeping series of events that shakes the village and a small town in Sicily, uncapping age-old misogyny, intolerance, and narrowness with tragic results. (source: www.tiff.net)