Release, runtime and language

1989 · 93 mins · Italian

Directed by

Gianni Da Campo

Starring

Marina Vlady, Egidio Termine, Efisio Coletti, Lorenzo Lena, Alba Mottura, Marco Mestriner

Lorenzo, a charismatic young professor newly posted to a remote Italian village, becomes enthralled by his most captivating pupil, the dark‑haired, wide‑eyed twelve‑year‑old Duilio. As his relationship with his cold girlfriend falls apart, he spends afternoons strolling the fields with the boy. When Duilio’s skeptical stepmother questions their closeness, Lorenzo faces a painful moral crisis.