This intense story is strongly intertwined with its setting, an anonymous province in the South that can be identified as the town of Martina Franca in the province of Taranto, and its surrounding countryside, which is also at the heart of the story. The seizure of land, mostly olive groves, sparks a series of personal and family problems that will beset Vincenzo and Sabino and their wives.
This intense story is strongly intertwined with its setting, an anonymous province in the South that can be identified as the town of Martina Franca in the province of Taranto, and its surrounding countryside, which is also at the heart of the story. The seizure of land, mostly olive groves, sparks a series of personal and family problems that will beset Vincenzo and Sabino and their wives.
Having a child has become an unimaginable luxury for brothers, Vincenzo and Sabino, and their wives, Maja and Angela, who have lost all possible rights, as have so many families today. Their entrenched poverty has a profound effect on their emotional and family relationships and on their dignity.
