Sweet War, Farewell

Story

Synopsis

A man walks with his child on the grass of a hill. He reaches an old country house, where years before he had spent his childhood during World War II. The deserted and desolate rooms make him travel back in memory to the time when the war was ending. Episodes of family life pass before his eyes: father, mother, grandmother and six children, of which he, Silvano, the youngest, was made mute by the shock of a bomb exploding...

Director

Silvano Agosti

Writers

Silvano Agosti

Language

Italian

Country

Italy

Release date

11 September 1991

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Paola Agosti

  The Aunt

• 

  Lou Castel

  Adult Silvano

• 

  Franco Piavoli

  The Doctor

• Elisa Murolo

  Elisa

• 

  Alain Cuny

  Vecchio Crimen

• Eva Serafini

  Padre

• Federico Barone

  Young German Officer

• Toti Barone

  German General

• Luciano Salodini

  Poet

• Marisa Spranzi

  Nun

• Federico Zanola

  Young Silvano