The Felling of the Forest

Directed by Vittorio Cottafavi

With Gian Maria Volonté, Domenico Bartoletti, Giovanni Bartoletti, Gildo Toninelli and Cortese Signori

In the forested slopes surrounding the rural Tuscan village of Tirli, a group of lumberjacks work long hours felling trees in the hopes of making an ample profit. Amongst them, a recently widowed father struggles to overcome the pain of his wife’s death, whilst juggling the fresh financial pressures of raising two motherless children.