Giuseppe Pellegrino

A filmmaker recalls his childhood, when he fell in love with the movies at his village's theater and formed a deep friendship with the theater's projectionist.

A solitary, disappointed, proud and educated old man meets and becomes the teacher of an intelligent, clumsy, middle-class, young would-be writer.

A boy runs away from home with his dog when his father tries to get rid of the dog, only to become lost on a desert island.