A portrait of misery and ignorance, in a Sardinia lost in its ancient traditions of isolation and distrust.
A shepherd finds himself unjustly involved in an escape of bandits, which resulted in the death of a police officer. His survival instinct pushes him to flee. He fears continental justice, the loss of his sheep, the prison that would prevent him from supporting his old mother and brother.
But it's a dead end. He manages to escape the police, but not the poverty and violence, which push him into a life as a fugitive, a criminal, condemned and persecuted by everyone.
A harsh and merciless vision of the isolation and ignorance, imposed by the law of silence, in the pastoral communities of Sardinia, filmed in the mountains in the center of the island, using only amateur actors, belonging to the local communities.
An excellent example of new cinema from the 1960s, at its best.
A shepherd finds himself unjustly involved in an escape of bandits, which resulted in the death of a police officer. His survival instinct pushes him to flee. He fears continental justice, the loss of his sheep, the prison that would prevent him from supporting his old mother and brother.
But it's a dead end. He manages to escape the police, but not the poverty and violence, which push him into a life as a fugitive, a criminal, condemned and persecuted by everyone.
A harsh and merciless vision of the isolation and ignorance, imposed by the law of silence, in the pastoral communities of Sardinia, filmed in the mountains in the center of the island, using only amateur actors, belonging to the local communities.
An excellent example of new cinema from the 1960s, at its best.