A story of pride, courage, and love for the island, beautifully encapsulated in the words the old shepherd protagonist says to his daughter, an intense Virginia Raffaele, to explain why, despite million-dollar offers, he refuses to sell his small farm: "Do you know why this land is so beautiful? Because it belongs to everyone."
" Life Goes This Way ", the new film by Riccardo Milani , also arrives in Sardinia with a special event: a preview scheduled for October 17th at 8:30 pm at the Notorious Cinema in Piazza L'Unione Sarda in Cagliari . And for the occasion, some of the film's cast will greet the audience : among others, alongside Virginia Raffaele, also Diego Abatantuono, Aldo Baglio and Giuseppe Ignazio Loi .
The story of Ovidio Marras , who for twenty years refused to sell his farm on Capo Malfatano in Sardinia to the cement giants, is coming to the big screen. He died last year at 93, but learned his story would be made into a film.
Efisio Mulas is a solitary shepherd, the silent guardian of a time that seems to have disappeared . He has always lived there, between the sea and his animals, in the small house where he was born - as explained in the synopsis -. On the other side is Giacomo, president of a powerful real estate group . He is determined to transform that coast into a luxury resort . At his side is Mariano, a construction site manager and practical man, whose task is to convince Efisio to cede that last strip of land . Francesca, Efisio's daughter, moves between these irreconcilable worlds, torn between the sirens of change and belonging to her land. When Efisio refuses yet another million-dollar offer, the negotiation turns into a legal battle in which Giovanna, a judge born and raised in those places, enters the scene and is called upon to settle the conflict. As pressure mounts and the community splits, Efisio's unwavering "no" takes on a collective meaning.
"Ours is a country that everyone likes, that we are all fond of," Milani said at the recent presentation at the Giffoni Film Festival . "It's a country that has taught me so much, to which I owe so much, but I know well, as we all know, that it is also imbued with many negative qualities, such as corruption, corruptibility." Hence the telling, in contrast, of a story "of human cultural resistance," "a humanity that I like and want to tell."
(Unioneonline)
