

117 minutes
11/8/2002
War seen through the eyes of Serra, a university student from Palermo who volunteers in 1942 to fight in Africa. He is assigned to the Pavia Division on the southern line in Egypt. Rommel and the Axis forces are bogged down; it's October, the British prepare an offensive. At first, boredom, heat, hunger, and thirst bedevil the Italians; then the Brits attack, and there's no luck or heroism in death. Finally, it's retreat in confusion. Serra, his sergeant Rizzo, and his lieutenant Fiori take a last walk toward home. It's said that each soldier gets three miracles; when Serra's are used up, what then?

Paolo Briguglia
as soldato Serra

Pierfrancesco Favino
as sergente Rizzo

Emilio Solfrizzi
as tenente Fiore

Luciano Scarpa
as soldato Spagna

Thomas Trabacchi
as caporale De Vita

Sergio Albelli
as tenente della "Folgore"vvvvvvv

Ivan Bacchi
as autista camion del cavallo

Lorenzo Balducci
as soldato
Antonio Berardinelli
as bersagliere motociclista

Giuseppe Cederna
as Cpt. Medician

Roberto Citran
as The Colonel
Attilio Cucari
as Serra anziano
Massimiliano Cutrera
as portaferiti

Fabio Ferri
as soldato ferito
Raffaele Giangale
as carabiniere
Piero Maggiò
as soldato Tarozzi

Silvio Orlando
as il Generale

Antonio Petrocelli
as autista camion dei rifornimenti

Alessandro Sampaoli
as bersagliere motociclista
Luigi Saravo
as caporale
Andrea Bruno Savelli
as tenente del genio

Simone Spinazzè
as autista camion dei feriti