A 40-year-old loser named Isidoro at the request of his brother drives from Italy to mountainous Carpathian village in Ukraine with a coffin of a diseased Ukrainian worker, who died at a construction site in Italy.
Acting
Nicola Nocella's magnificent hangdog energy carries every frame.
Cinematography
Bleak Ukrainian landscapes that somehow feel weirdly cozy.
Writing
Dialogue so dry you'll need water.
Director
Andrea Magnani
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Barbara Bouchet was a 1970s Italian cinema icon; her casting as Easy's mother adds ironic glamour to his pathetic existence.
The film quietly satirizes EU labor exploitation—Ukrainian workers invisible in life, inconvenient in death—without ever becoming preachy.
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