The Return of the Prodigal Son

In Italy, immediately subsequent to the war, a group of people who lost all they possessed during the conflict, settle in a village in ruins. They intend to restore the city from the rubble and re-start life, in imitation of the women of Messina who rebuilt their city, destroyed as it was by an earthquake. Oscillating between respect and suspicion, co-existence between group members is tense. Things become complicated when an envoy from the government arrives to say that nothing there belongs to them. The film is a free adaptation of fragments of the novella ‘The Women of Messina’, by Sicilian writer Elio Vittorini.

Genre:

Drama

Duration:

29 min

Cast:

Martina Gionfriddo, Andrea Balducci, Gabriella Taddei

Quality:

HD

Director:

Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet

Release:

2003

Country:

Germany, Italy, France

Rating:

6.0