Co-written by star Riccardo Scamarcio, who appears as the main character's brother as well, and the father is played by the director. A 1950s tragedy, really, showing the desperate plight of the farmers under the yoke of the local bastard, with a fatal love affair thrown in. (What's shocking is that after the father is murdered, the town blames the daughters Gaia Bermani Amaral and Valentina Cervi.) It's so desperate that at one point the protagonist's sister says to her other brother, 'I'll do anything - I'll marry any of your friends'.. just to get away.
I quite like we don't know who killed the bastard, though I'm inclined to think it was the father. It was a bit of a downer really - the brother leaves his nice wife and safe job in Trieste to return home and stand by the girl. Also, you feel for the farmers who have tried to stand up for themselves being arrested under the pretext of the murder investigation, and imprisoned.
Beautifully photographed by Gian Filippo Corticelli.
Always good to hear Trenet's 'Que Reste T-il de Nos Amours', which bears an added poignancy at the end (now I think about it).
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