The Return of the Prodigal Son
The Return of the Prodigal Son

The Return of the Prodigal Son

Il ritorno del figlio prodigo - Umiliati

Release date : 2003-04-23

Production country :

Germany,

Italy,

France

Production company :

Status : Released

Durasi : 29 Min.

Popularity : 0.409

5.3

Total Vote : 3

In Italy, immediately subsequent to the war, a group of people who lost all they possessed during the conflict, settle in a village in ruins. They intend to restore the city from the rubble and re-start life, in imitation of the women of Messina who rebuilt their city, destroyed as it was by an earthquake. Oscillating between respect and suspicion, co-existence between group members is tense. Things become complicated when an envoy from the government arrives to say that nothing there belongs to them. The film is a free adaptation of fragments of the novella ‘The Women of Messina’, by Sicilian writer Elio Vittorini.