The arrival of Pietro, a deserter, in the family of the local schoolteacher, and his love for the schoolteacher’s eldest daughter, will change the course of everyone’s lives.
Referenced in Close-Up: Why Do We Need the Venice Film Festival?
Official submission of Italy for the category “Best International Feature Film” of the 97th Academy Awards in 2025.
Beautifully photographed and well acted, but in 2 heures, nothing interesting happens
(2024).
There is no discernible message or revelation
Too many plots are started but never concluded; there are too many characters to allow for any depth of characterization or for the audience to identify with any of them.
The film is obviously made to please the art-world snobs, who provide the subsidies that allow such films to mock the public to exist
To this end, the director is so desperate to be considered “serious” that not a trace of humor is allowed: everyone behaves with what the Germans call animal seriousness.
