The end of World War II has been declared. But is war really over, and who is really free? As a former partisan he experiences the various conflicts of the first day of peace – how to deal with collaborators, with the shooting of traitors – he discovers that his struggles with himself and the people around him are not at an end. Full of poetic images and brutal truths, the film was severely criticized for its subversive form and message.
The end of World War II has been declared. But is war really over, and who is really free? As a former partisan he experiences the various conflicts of the first day of peace – how to deal with collaborators, with the shooting of traitors – he discovers that his struggles with himself and the people around him are not at an end. Full of poetic images and brutal truths, the film was severely criticized for its subversive form and message.