A large ensemble features in the directors adaptation of Pavese’s text, with characters ranging from mortals to gods, creating ‘a conversation between divinity and humanity’ – an attempt to reconcile the artist with the place in the world. Shot across a range of locations, harnessing nature as a way of conveying the full scope of the writing – one of Pavese’s final works, that he was arguably most proud of and a copy of which he was carrying when he committed suicide – the director immerses us in these conversations in order to bring enlightenment to the ambiguities and elliptical nature of the writer’s extraordinary work.