This movie is based on the real kidnapping of a young boy by the Mafia after his father becomes an informant of the police. It mainly follows the character of Giuseppe, who has been kidnapped, and his friend and lover Luna. The first half of the film felt very slow-based and you cannot be sure what direction the movie is taking. But the filmmakers tied the story really well in the second half.
I really liked how they used natural elements, light and darkness, and animals as well as dreams and nightmares to show the ordeal and sufferings of the two young main characters, Luna and Giuseppe, in a world of ignorance and indifference of the adults.
The movie is not an ordinary ghost story type, as the title might suggest, but uses a real Mafia-related event as its basis which is told in a unique way through the eyes of its young characters against the haunting yet beautiful Sicilian landscape.
I really liked how they used natural elements, light and darkness, and animals as well as dreams and nightmares to show the ordeal and sufferings of the two young main characters, Luna and Giuseppe, in a world of ignorance and indifference of the adults.
The movie is not an ordinary ghost story type, as the title might suggest, but uses a real Mafia-related event as its basis which is told in a unique way through the eyes of its young characters against the haunting yet beautiful Sicilian landscape.