Shot in Sicily, Sardinia and Calabria in the Fifties, the documentaries chronicle a lost world. They combine the strength of classical cinema with an austere and powerful expressiveness. Isole di fuoco (Island of fire, 1955), set in the Eolie islands, shows the impressive strength of the volcano. The documentary was awarded the First Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 1955. A world where the ritual dimension is very strong, like in Lu tempu di li pisci spata (The swordfish season, 1955), on swordfish fishing "in the tepid water separating Sicily and Calabria". Hunt frenzy, worthy of Moby Dick, and the struggle between man and nature are also present in Contadini del mare (Peasants of the sea, 1955), dedicated to fishing with the tunny-fishing nets off the Sicilian coast, where men wait for tunas, which have always followed the same route: "When sea tribute appears in the net, the circle of life and death repeats". And, at sunset, when men go back ashore and children dance, solemn women carry the fishes on their head to the fish market (Pescherecci, Fishing boat, 1958 is on the same topic). The conditions of miners risking their lives in the bowels of the earth to extract the conditions of farm labourers scything and harvesting wheat in huge fields with primitive systems in Parabola d'oro (Golden parable, 1955) are not less dramatic. Then, Pasqua in Sicilia (Easter in Sicily, 1955) with its sacred folklore and the representation of the Passion of Christ. Pastori a Orgosolo (Orgosolo shepherds, 1958) and Un giorno in Barbagia (A day in Barbagia, 1958) are the two documentaries shot in Sardinia. They chronicle the isolated lives of shepherds in the very heart of Sardinia, where men live far away from their families most part of the year to pasture the flocks. 　　Vittorio De Seta - Born in Palermo in 1923 from an aristocratic family, he said that he "discovered" the world of the humbles during military service. He devoted to them most of his cinematographic work, undertaken after quitting the faculty of architecture. A withdrawn and shy author, for a long time underestimated by critics, he was often personally involved in film editing, photography and musical choices. After his Sicilian documentaries, in 1958 he shoots Pastori ad Orgosolo (Orgosolo shepherd) and Un giorno in Barbagia (A day in Barbagia) in Sardinia, which are at the basis of his feature film Banditi ad Orgosolo (Bandits of Orgosolo, 1961, Prize for the First Work at Venice Film Festival), a detailed in-depth analysis of an archaic civilization and its malaise. In 1966 he directed Un uomo a meta (Half a man) on the eccentricity of a politically-committed intellectual, giving rise to a lot of criticism (Moravia and Pasolini among the few defending him). After L'invitata (The invited woman, 1969), he met a resounding success in 1973 with the TV series Diario di un maestro (Diary of a schoolteacher). In 1981 he left cinema, but he was back in 1993 with the direction of In Calabria, in which he reflected again on the lost identity of the South of Italy. In 2004 he completed Lettere dal Sahara (Letters from Sahara) on an African migrant in Italy.

Shot in Sicily, Sardinia and Calabria in the Fifties, the documentaries chronicle a lost world. They combine the strength of classical cinema with an austere and powerful expressiveness. Isole di fuoco (Island of fire, 1955), set in the Eolie islands, shows the impressive strength of the volcano. The documentary was awarded the First Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 1955. A world where the ritual dimension is very strong, like in Lu tempu di li pisci spata (The swordfish season, 1955), on swordfish fishing "in the tepid water separating Sicily and Calabria". Hunt frenzy, worthy of Moby Dick, and the struggle between man and nature are also present in Contadini del mare (Peasants of the sea, 1955), dedicated to fishing with the tunny-fishing nets off the Sicilian coast, where men wait for tunas, which have always followed the same route: "When sea tribute appears in the net, the circle of life and death repeats". And, at sunset, when men go back ashore and children dance, solemn women carry the fishes on their head to the fish market (Pescherecci, Fishing boat, 1958 is on the same topic). The conditions of miners risking their lives in the bowels of the earth to extract the conditions of farm labourers scything and harvesting wheat in huge fields with primitive systems in Parabola d'oro (Golden parable, 1955) are not less dramatic. Then, Pasqua in Sicilia (Easter in Sicily, 1955) with its sacred folklore and the representation of the Passion of Christ. Pastori a Orgosolo (Orgosolo shepherds, 1958) and Un giorno in Barbagia (A day in Barbagia, 1958) are the two documentaries shot in Sardinia. They chronicle the isolated lives of shepherds in the very heart of Sardinia, where men live far away from their families most part of the year to pasture the flocks. 　　Vittorio De Seta - Born in Palermo in 1923 from an aristocratic family, he said that he "discovered" the world of the humbles during military service. He devoted to them most of his cinematographic work, undertaken after quitting the faculty of architecture. A withdrawn and shy author, for a long time underestimated by critics, he was often personally involved in film editing, photography and musical choices. After his Sicilian documentaries, in 1958 he shoots Pastori ad Orgosolo (Orgosolo shepherd) and Un giorno in Barbagia (A day in Barbagia) in Sardinia, which are at the basis of his feature film Banditi ad Orgosolo (Bandits of Orgosolo, 1961, Prize for the First Work at Venice Film Festival), a detailed in-depth analysis of an archaic civilization and its malaise. In 1966 he directed Un uomo a meta (Half a man) on the eccentricity of a politically-committed intellectual, giving rise to a lot of criticism (Moravia and Pasolini among the few defending him). After L'invitata (The invited woman, 1969), he met a resounding success in 1973 with the TV series Diario di un maestro (Diary of a schoolteacher). In 1981 he left cinema, but he was back in 1993 with the direction of In Calabria, in which he reflected again on the lost identity of the South of Italy. In 2004 he completed Lettere dal Sahara (Letters from Sahara) on an African migrant in Italy.

故事发生在撒丁岛上，淳朴的牧羊人米凯尔因为掩护了一些强盗而被警方怀疑为同伙。警方不断地对他进行骚扰，还要抓捕他。于是，米凯尔被迫赶着他的羊群，翻山越岭地躲藏和逃避。他实在被警察逼得走投无路，最终也只能成为了真正的强盗。

故事发生在撒丁岛上，淳朴的牧羊人米凯尔因为掩护了一些强盗而被警方怀疑为同伙。警方不断地对他进行骚扰，还要抓捕他。于是，米凯尔被迫赶着他的羊群，翻山越岭地躲藏和逃避。他实在被警察逼得走投无路，最终也只能成为了真正的强盗。

马蒂亚斯是一位怀揣文学梦想的年轻人，他离开蒙特利尔的广告行业，前往法国南部成为了一名牧羊人。然而，通往他向往的田园宁静之路却充满艰辛。伊莉丝是一位毅然辞职的公务员，她的来访为马蒂亚斯的探索之旅带来了新的方向。两人携手踏上迁徙之旅，在山区的挑战和对羊群的照料中，共同开创属于自己的新生活。

马蒂亚斯是一位怀揣文学梦想的年轻人，他离开蒙特利尔的广告行业，前往法国南部成为了一名牧羊人。然而，通往他向往的田园宁静之路却充满艰辛。伊莉丝是一位毅然辞职的公务员，她的来访为马蒂亚斯的探索之旅带来了新的方向。两人携手踏上迁徙之旅，在山区的挑战和对羊群的照料中，共同开创属于自己的新生活。

埃里克·布莱克在妻子神秘死亡后迷失了自己。他找到一份新的牧羊人工作，发现自己被困在一座雄伟的、饱经风霜的超自然岛屿上，这份牧羊的工作渐渐变成了一场拯救他命运的比赛。。。

神父丹尼尔本来过着安逸的生活，某一天的一桩凶杀案改变了这平静的一切。年轻的神父安德鲁是最大的嫌疑犯，他指定丹尼尔聆听他的忏悔。丹尼尔逐渐相信安德鲁是无辜的，而唯一认同丹尼尔判断的是他当记者的前女友，到底事情的真相最后能不能浮出水面？

游牧的生活方式，一直是哈萨克民族的根基，但是城市化的推进使游牧为生的这种方式逐渐堕落，这种转变，对牧民来说无奈而又迷茫，却不得不去承受、去尽力适应，甚至要去改变自己。主人公的家庭正在遭受着这样的冲击，孩子因为不适应没有家人陪伴的学校生活而逃离学校，开放的草场被开发公司购买封锁，赖以为生的羊群被扣住却没钱赎回……所有无奈和重压袭来，但这些，都不只是一个家庭的遭遇……

游牧的生活方式，一直是哈萨克民族的根基，但是城市化的推进使游牧为生的这种方式逐渐堕落，这种转变，对牧民来说无奈而又迷茫，却不得不去承受、去尽力适应，甚至要去改变自己。主人公的家庭正在遭受着这样的冲击，孩子因为不适应没有家人陪伴的学校生活而逃离学校，开放的草场被开发公司购买封锁，赖以为生的羊群被扣住却没钱赎回……所有无奈和重压袭来，但这些，都不只是一个家庭的遭遇……