Milton and Giorgio, his friend and rival in love, are fighting with the partisans in the high mountains. The setting for the novel, the Langhe area which is today filled with vineyards, was recreated in the valleys of the province of Cuneo. The partisan camp and surrounding areas were built in the Alta Valle Maira, at 2,300m altitude, in particular on Colle Maurin in Borgata Chiappera, in the municipality of Acceglio.
The scenes set in the city, where the characters risk their lives if they are seen, were shot in the historical centre of Saluzzo (CN) During his desperate escape from the Fascists, Milton crosses the Ponte del Diavolo, situated in Lanzo Torinese (TO).
Milton and Giorgio, his friend and rival in love, are fighting with the partisans in the high mountains. The setting for the novel, the Langhe area which is today filled with vineyards, was recreated in the valleys of the province of Cuneo. The partisan camp and surrounding areas were built in the Alta Valle Maira, at 2,300m altitude, in particular on Colle Maurin in Borgata Chiappera, in the municipality of Acceglio.
The scenes set in the city, where the characters risk their lives if they are seen, were shot in the historical centre of Saluzzo (CN) During his desperate escape from the Fascists, Milton crosses the Ponte del Diavolo, situated in Lanzo Torinese (TO).
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Summer 1943. Milton loves Fulvia who plays with his love. One year later, Milton is a partisan. He learns that Fulvia might have been secretly in love with his friend Giorgio, a partisan like him, and decides to go find him in the Langhe region. But Giorgio has just been arrested by the Fascists.