Plot
1944, Vermiglio, a remote mountain village. The arrival of the scoundrel Pietro in the family of a local teacher and his love for the teacher’s eldest daughter change the course of everyone’s lives. Official Italian statement ' 39;Best International Feature Film9 97th Oscar category in 2025. Referenced in the close-up: Why do we need a Venice Film Festival? (2024). Beautifully shot and well acted, but nothing interesting happens in two hours. Too many story lines are started but never concluded; there are too many characters for them not to be portrayed in depth or for the audience to identify with any of them. There is no discernible message or revelation. The film is obviously made to please the art world snobs who grant grants that allow such films to exist. To do this, the director is so desperate that he is considered „serious”; that not a trace of humor is allowed: everyone behaves in what the Germans call animalism.