Three kids climb over the wall of an old cemetery in the Piacenza countryside and reach a boy their age, who is praying in front of a tomb. Then, they all run out and reach an ancient abandoned cemetery. Here they amuse themselves by destroying votive statues and uncovering tombstones from which they extract bones and teeth.
Direction
Bellocchio's first film, already furious.
Cinematography
Graveyards as Italian gothic playground.
Director
Marco Bellocchio
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made while Bellocchio was still at film school in Rome, this short announced the 'angry young man' of Italian cinema who would later explode with 'Fists in the Pocket.'
The Piacenza countryside setting is Bellocchio's actual childhood territory—he's filming his own ghosts, literally.
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