Director: Vito Pandolfi
Label: La Cineteca del Friuli (2012)
Format: DVD / PAL / Region 0
Aspect ratio: 1.66:1 b/w
Audio: Italian (Dolby Digital 2.0 mono)
Subtitles: English, Spanish
Bonus:
* Contains both the theatrical version (86 minutes) and the director's cut (92 minutes)
* Screen tests (20 minutes, mostly silent footage)
Available on ibs.it and Amazon.it
What's the film about?
Set in Northern Italy during the '30s, the film depicts the drama of emigration as seen through the eyes of a child shepherd. Shot entirely on location, with no professional actors, this is a moving piece of anthropological cinema, but its images also have a highly lyrical quality, well served by Armando Nannuzzi's cinematography.
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