Via the Chicago Reader: "After World War II an Italian soldier returns to his hometown near the Alps and, unable to find a job, hooks up with a crotchety hermit who scavenges buried shells and bombs for scrap metal."

Credits

Ermanno OlmiDirector

Antonio LunardiIl Vecchio Du

Andreino CarliGianni

Alessandra MichelettoElsa

Pietro Tolin