Summaries

Two workers at an isolated Alpine dam grow closer when an avalanche traps them in their hut without power or contact.

Two middle-aged men work as caretakers on an isolated dam construction site high in the snow-capped Italian Alps. When one of them leaves for the valley to spend Christmas vacation with his family he is temporarily replaced with an adolescent boy. The other man is both annoyed and intrigued by the boy and his habits: he listens to loud music, sleeps too long in the mornings and doesn't drink any alcohol. They barely speak to one another in the first couple of days. But when an avalanche cuts their small hut from electricity they slowly start growing more fond of each other.—Aljaz Ciber, Slovenia

Details

Keywords
  • religion
  • italy
  • old man
  • cult director
  • hydroelectric power plant
Genres
  • Drama
Release date Feb 6, 1963
Countries of origin Italy
Language Italian
Filming locations Edolo, Brescia, Lombardia, Italy
Production companies 22 Dicembre Edisonvolta

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Tech specs

Runtime 1h 23m
Color Black and White
Sound mix Mono
Aspect ratio 2.35 : 1

Synopsis

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