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This is Gavino Ledda, age 35.

Up to 18, an illiterate shepherd.

Today, a linguist and author of a best seller...

...which narrates his lif e...

...and which inspired this film.

The story begins in a Sardinian village...

...in the elementary school that Gavino attended.

That morning his f ather burst into the City Hall...

...where a f ew of fices were converted into schoolrooms.

He always carried this.

Oh yes, thanks.

Miss Schoolteacher. I've come to f etch him.

I need him to tend the sheep.

I've come to f etch him. I need him to tend the sheep.

He's mine.

I'm f orced to leave the herd when delivering milk...

...to cut wood or to harvest.

The money I earn barely pays f or clothing...

...and whatever else a shepherd cannot produce himself.

That's ONE...

...and TWO!

To come here I lef t my sheep prey to f oxes and bandits.

Gavino has to tend them.

Gavino against bandits? But he's still a cub.

What do you know about shepherding?

Shepherds can fly without wings.

He'll go to elementary school...

...when he reaches 18. Like me.

What's the Government want?

That my children die of hunger?

I'm taking the boy 'cause I need him.

I'm at peace. But the law is not.

It wants compulsory schooling. Poverty is all that's compulsory

...and THREE.

He can't go

Come...

You'll earn your money long bef ore your f riends.

You'll be a very good shepherd.

No one laughs at Gavino!

Hands on your desks!

On the desk!

Today it's Gavino's turn...

...tomorrow it's yours.

That's not true. It won't happen to me.

Mama swore it wouldn't.

We're rich, we have two cows.

Oh God, please, make papa die...

...and I'll be good f orever.

Have the donkey kick him in the stomach.

No, in the head so he won't know what hit him.

It's my brother's turn first.

He's ten months older...

...even if he is shorter than me.

It's his turn.

Soon as I get home, I'll put a stool near the window.

I'll climb on it and then leap out.

I'll jump when everyone's at the table...

...so they can see me and mama can stop me...

...when one's alone way up there...

...without a soul around...

...really alone alone...

- I know, they took me up once -

...the stillness isn't still, believe me.

It's overpowering...

...like the tolling of a death bell.

I f rightened you?

I did it...

...so you'll come back down soon.

Before I'll be forty years old.

Poor little dickybird...

what'll it do way up there?

Hurry! It's your father.

I'll take you to where the wild apples grow.

And with my nails dig up the earth chestnuts.

If you're quick, I'll teach you to catch a hare with a lasso.

You like hazelnuts? You'll pick bunches of them.

And we'll go by the rocks, to the young ravens.

Yesterday, behind the sheepcote...

...I found a blackbird's nest with 4 eggs.

You have to concentrate: your eyes by day...

...ears by night. Learn to know the pasture and the woods.

You'll of ten be alone. You must learn to find your bearings...

...in any given moment f or yourself and the flock.

You hear this rustling?

Learn to recognize it.

Lower your eyes.

I don't hear...

Listen more carefully.

It's the oak tree, that marks our pasturage.

Turn your head.

And this... is the torrent behind the wood.

We passed by it.

And this...

...is Sebastiano who's returning to the village with his horse.

He smokes with the ash in his mouth...

...so he'll not be a target by night.

Ancient vendettas stalk his every move.

Also learn to hear the dawn...

...its many sounds.

If you've the strength of a man...

...lift up the pail of milk.

Without spilling it. Let your lungs help you.

Tonight you'll stay here alone.

Mind the f old.

Keep inside the pen!

Back to the sheepfold

There's a snake!

Behind there.

You mustn't be afraid. They're harmless.

And even if they're not...

...the pasture is ours, the flock also...

...we must def end it and utilize it.

I'll show you how to deal with snakes...

Don't go out of the pen.

Antonio!

Go away!

Go away...

...no one's allowed here.

Quiet! They'll hear us.

If my father catches us...

...look what he'll do to me.

It was Gavino!

It was Gavino!

It was Gavino!

Go get the other pail.

Johannus!

I'll not touch you...

I won't touch you...

You rotten beast...

...You want to do it again...

...but I'm gonna plug up your ass...

I'll milk you first, then plug with your own shit...

...your mouth, your eyes and ears.

I'll fix you when you turn.

You whack me...

and I crap in the milk...

...then your father whacks you.

You won't be able.

I'm keeping your ass plugged.

I'll do it all right, because you're stupid.

You shake. You sweat. And stink.

You can't milk me with those blistered hands.

If you hurt my tits, Gavino Ledda...

... I'll crap the milk.

GA VINO REACHES HIS TWENTIETH YEAR

Leze, take over the flock.

We're going to feast at Muros.

We took the wrong road.

Which way to Muros?

He won't talk.

Wait...

He runs like Tarzan's monkey.

I'll trade this f or that.

For the accordion?

One lamb, no, it's not enough.

-But the accordion's busted. -You ask him.

Two lambs, minimum.

Two, no.

Yes, two.

All our accordions...

...have a beautiful tone. Listen.

That way...

Two lambs. And bandits besides...

...and they even cut your mouth.

I swear...

I swore!

Then what's there to be afraid of?

You'll do without cheese and sugar...

...to repay me.

Salt in your milk is fortifying.

Go to sleep.

Muros... f east... that way...

...sound... accordion...

...lambs... beautiful accord... ...beautiful...

...f east... beautiful...

Somebody, help me...

...help me....

I'M GA VINO

SON OF THE SHEPHERD, EFISIO

WHO IS THE SON OF SHEPHERD, LUCA

THE COLD HAS FILLED

OUR PENS WITH FLEAS

THE F ATTEST ONES

ARE UNDER MY ARMPITS

I'M ELIGIO, SON OF SHEPHERD GIOV ANNI

WHO WAS THE SON

OF THE CARABINIERE, ENRICO

I HAD TO EAT

CHEESE THAT WAS TOO FRESH

WHEN I BLOW ON MY TONGUE IT BURNS

ANGELS OF PARADISE

WHO PLA Y SO SWEETL Y

I'M MATTEO, AND I BEG YOU:

LET A BASIN

OF BOILING WATER APPEAR

THATI CAN PUT MY FEETIN

FOR I'M DYING OF COLD

MINE IS A PRA YER

Gavino is slipping away.

If only I knew how to lure him back.

Am I getting old?

Or maybe...

I'm not as intelligent...

...as I thought I was.

I have to concentrate.

I have to keep my mind nimble.

7 times 9: sixty three.

16 x 16: two hundred fifty six.

Don't tremble, little mare.

Look, I'm steady.

No, I tremble a little too.

But if Signor Gellon spoke the truth...

...we'll meet and make peace forever.

Let this day mark peace.

I'm grateful you accepted to shear...

...the flock with me...

...as custom wants.

Stop!

I'll tell you when he's dead!

He's already dead!

Gellon!

Signora, I'm going.

I'm leaving a guard in front of the house.

Efisio, you take care of selling everything.

I'm going to my relatives in Australia...

...before they kill me too.

You're like my own family.

Get rid of the houses, the livestock...

...the olive grove.

I'll take care of everything

Though I've little money.

I'd like to have the olive grove.

I nursed it for your family.

Plant by plant.

Sebastiano would have approved.

But you must make me a good price...

...also in consideration of the other sales.

Do what you want!

The Commissioner wants to see you.

Again?

We'll take care of him.

Put his gold rings on.

I'm doing it f or you.

Sebastiano is my witness.

The window.

For you, Gavino, I'm doing it...

...with the grove you'll be a landowner.

Me and your mother are old...

...but you'll profit by it.

In time its worth will multiply...

...you'll have all you desire...

...you can't even imagine how much.

And so our hands must be united...

...and I must guide them.

Let's dress him.

He was beautiful...

Poor Sebastiano, he was unlucky.

Though he was rich.

It'll be different f or me. My father said so.

Forgive me, I shouldn't, but...

I keep thinking of what I shall have...

...thanks to you.

An accordion, one of those real ones...

...with 85 keys, made of mother-of-pearl.

I'll be an owner too.

I don't want to get old.

If we have the money, I'll bathe three times a day...

...and make love of ten.

Pray f or my soul, Sebastiano.

She who makes love of ten stays young.

And when you're young you're happy.

They can't stop me from being happy.

I don't know what I want.

I want to change names.

They named me after a man...

...grandfather, Ignatius.

I'll call myself Dina.

Or Mina, like the singer...

...and I'll sing like she does.

I'll go to the mainland and sing. I'll sing...

I want... I want...

I can't think of anything...

...nothing.

I want a lot of things.

Once, Supply and Demand were evenly balanced...

...with reciprocal profit f or the consumer and producer.

You get me?

But now, with the olive oil market fluctuating...

...it's very difficult to make a deal...

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