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Format: DVD
Sep 1999
Not Rated
Recording Mode: (unknown)
117 min.
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Details
Movie Description
Engrossing true tale of a Sardinian shepherd whose father kept him isolated until he was 20 years old. His eventual rebellion against his father and entrance into society are dramatically depicted. Winner of the Palm d'Or at Cannes.
Synopsis
7-year-old Gavino is hauled off to the mountainous countryside of Sardinia where he's to live and labor with his father as a shepherd. In the country, the young boy toils at the behest of his emotionally cruel, physically abusive father. Sometimes a sleeping Gavino is rudely awakened and severely beaten for minor infractions of the old man's dictates. Solace comes in the form of isolation since camaraderie with neighboring shepherd boys incites parental anger. When a nearly adult Gavino tries to start a new life by emigrating to Germany, his father defeats this plan, ruining his attempt at happiness. Years of mistreatment and psychological insult lead Gavino to confront his tyrannical father on a childhood plagued by trauma and injury.
Film Notes
Based on Gavino Ledda's autobiography, this film was shot almost entirely on location in the backwoods of Sardinia.
Shot in Eastman color.
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