Garibaldi's shadow falls on one village that dared ask: what price liberation?
The revolt of the people of a Sicilian village further to the Expedition of the Thousand which, in 1860, enables Garibaldi to liberate Sicily.
Direction
Vancini's patient, documentary-like observation.
Cinematography
Sicilian landscapes that swallow human ambition.
Acting
Non-professional locals ground every scene.
Director
Florestano Vancini
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during Italy's Years of Lead, the film quietly interrogates whether national unification actually served ordinary Italians.
Vancini cast actual descendants of Garibaldi's Thousand in minor roles, blurring 1860 and 1972.
IT
