Drama
Italian
1977 · Directed by Vittorio Taviani & Paolo Taviani · 114 min
In the Sardinian hills of the 1940s, a young boy is taken out of school by his father and set to work as a shepherd. The film follows his upbringing in a world of silence, labour and fierce family authority, told with a mix of realism and stylised invention.
Why it matters in cinema history
A defining film of the Italian post-neorealist generation, it showed that a modest, television-funded production about a remote rural life could win the highest honour at an international festival.
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