41st Locarno International Film Festival

Although the lyrical language of this film may seem obscure, this fascinating religious quest, freely adapted from a passage in the Bible, has a relevance which cannot leave one indifferent.

A film which convinces by its sensitivity and its sense of observation. The painful fight of a peasant in search for justice and his own dignity commits him to an irreversible process.

With lucidity and convincing language this work reflects the influence of the audiovisual media in our society and their limits of communication. By the rediscovery of love in human and family relationships this film opens up perspectives of hope.