Based on a novel by Dino Buzzati. Forest wardens keep watch over a munitions dump in a mountain valley. Their leader is shot by smugglers. Barnabo siezes an opportunity to prove himself but is overcome by fear at the crucial moment, and this fatal consequences for his companions. He is forced to leave the group and the village. Years later he is unexpectedly confronted by his former enemies…
Fiction I/CH/F 1993, 120′, colour, 35mm
Director Mario Brenta
Original version
Italian
Production
T&C Film Zürich
Nautilus Film, Rom
Les Films Number One-Flach Film, Paris
