Pierangelo Bertoli

In this improbable, ponderous story about a couple who do not want to have children of their own, and a pregnant, single woman who needs a home for awhile, the relationship between the three is strange, at the very least.

19世紀末の北イタリアの農村を舞台に描く感動作。弟のためにポプラの木で靴を作ったミネスクだったが、その木は地主の所有物だったため一家は農場を追い出されてしまい……。78年公開作品。