George Bottos

Angela, an Italian-American woman, after many years returned to Sicily to attend the funeral of her father. During the ferry trip she meets Salvo, a teenager boy who claims to be hunted by the Mafia, because of a quantity of drugs he stole to some criminals. She decides to give him a ride and the two embark on a journey through Sicily. His amorous attentions are soon obvious, and leads to a fairly obvious ending.

ジャン＝ジャック・アノー監督が、火を求めて旅を続ける人類の祖先の姿を描き出した原始スペクタクル。有史以前の世界が忠実に再現され、原始人のメイク・アップも圧巻の出来栄え。セリフなしで画だけで訴えるテーマが感動を呼ぶ。