The Return of the Prodigal Son

Year: 2003

Runtime: 29 mins

Language: Italian

Directors: Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet

Drama

In post‑war Italy, a group settles in a ruined village, intent on rebuilding it like the women of Messina did after an earthquake. Tensions of respect versus suspicion rise, and a government envoy declares the land belongs to no one, threatening fragile cooperation. The film adapts fragments of Elio Vittorini’s novella ‘The Women of Messina’.

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