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English
1 x 52 min
Worldwide except Germany and France
High on the Mediterranean island of Sardinia lies the harsh, rocky Giara plateau. Hundreds of horses run wild here, a special breed brought to the island by Shardana settlers 4,000 years ago and abandoned when no longer needed for transport and power. Their tight-knit families and keen jealousies are observed by the craggy shepherd Porfirio, himself the descendant of Shardana pioneers. Within minutes of their birth, Giara foals gallop fearlessly through the rock-strewn terrain. Weeks later their mothers are already fielding the attentions of stallions ready to do anything to perpetuate their genes. Porfirio has three favorites: the young stallion Nero, father of two foals, too cool for school with his flamboyant hairstyle; Nero’s father, the Old King, battle-scarred master of the plateau’s lakes, now showing his first signs of weakness. While Dirty Boy – true to his name – steal, schemes and scams for the chance to mate. Porfirio watches as their idyllic springtime, spent supping from flower-covered ponds, turns to high summer, when their lakes become parched volcanic rock, and all food and water disappears. In the drought, survival comes before mating. Foals that don’t make it are scavenged by fox-cubs and wild boar, while the surviving horses fight over territory and the last blades of fresh grass. Nero finds another solution – and leads his family to a surprising food supply! Nero, the Old King, Dirty Boy and their neighbors vie with each other for dominance, territory and mating-rights in this poetic, moving and beautifully photographed story.
与邻近的科西嘉岛不同的是,撒丁岛一直以来都是一个岛屿堡垒,从芳香四溢的马基亚荒原,到环境恶劣、酷热难耐、多岩石的吉亚高原,这里一直是欧洲最顽强野马的家园。在作为岛上的交通和动力来源4000年后,它们被遗弃,独自生存、与自然抗争已达一个世纪。这部电影展示了它们戏剧性的生命周期和在栖息地上的生态位,它们与欧洲盘羊、兀鹫、野猪、白驴、黑寡妇蜘蛛、树蛙、洞穴蝾螈和小型第勒尼安马鹿共享这个鲜活的岛屿。每年冬天,撒丁岛的年轻人都会训练马匹参加萨蒂格利亚节的比赛。在这个节日里,人和马融合变成岛上的神,成功预示着未来的丰收。