Piero Ramella

Video version of the dramatic dystopian performance staged by Alexander Sokurov in Vicenza, on the stage of the world's oldest theater Teatro Olimpico. The plot is based on a free interpretation of the works of I. A. Brodsky, which tells about two characters doomed to life imprisonment.

In 1914, with Italy on the cusp of joining World War I, a group of foreign artists establishes a commune on the rural island of Capri, a safe haven for dissidents and nonconformists from all over the world. Local shepherdess Lucia finds herself torn between charming commune leader Seybu and Carlo, a young doctor from the mainland.