Vento Di Terra (wind of the earth) is an Italian film about an 18 year old boy (Vicenzo Pacilli) from a poor suburb of Napoli, Italy who finds himself burdened by expectations of supporting his mother after his father dies from an unexpected heart attack. Working in a blue-collar factory job, Vince soon finds that he does not have enough money to support himself, let alone his frail recently widowed mother. His sister departs to Cassano to finally end her employment drought by getting a job in the local FIAT factory. Vince is left alone to support his mother.
He gets involved in a heist, and then out of guilt confesses his sin to a close family friend, who suggests he joins the Italian army. In the army Vince meets a new found friend through his training period, and they are soon deployed together to the war torn state of Kosovo in the Former Yugoslavia, where he is exposed to the brutality of war.
This film is gripping, even though it has a sad storyline. The only things that spoils this film in my eyes, is the abrupt ending,the lack of a climax, and the fact that a lot of things remain unresolved. It would've been nice to see Vince get back at his Uncle "Ciro" for molesting his sister, or be involved in more action in Kosovo. I was also expecting to see how Vincenzo dealt with the situation he was in, after he was diagnosed as having suffered Uranium poisoning whilst serving for the Italian army in Kosovo.
He gets involved in a heist, and then out of guilt confesses his sin to a close family friend, who suggests he joins the Italian army. In the army Vince meets a new found friend through his training period, and they are soon deployed together to the war torn state of Kosovo in the Former Yugoslavia, where he is exposed to the brutality of war.
This film is gripping, even though it has a sad storyline. The only things that spoils this film in my eyes, is the abrupt ending,the lack of a climax, and the fact that a lot of things remain unresolved. It would've been nice to see Vince get back at his Uncle "Ciro" for molesting his sister, or be involved in more action in Kosovo. I was also expecting to see how Vincenzo dealt with the situation he was in, after he was diagnosed as having suffered Uranium poisoning whilst serving for the Italian army in Kosovo.
