Similar in theme to KING OF HEARTS, Philippe de Broca's charming antiwar fable, MEDITERRANEO tries to convince viewers that paradise is waiting just around the corner.
While investigating an apparently deserted island in the Aegean Sea during WWII, a brigade of misfit Italian soldiers led by Lt. Montini (Claudio Bigagli) is stranded, their ship sunk by a British attack. Cut off from any means of contact with the outside world, the soldiers soon discover that the
island is far from deserted. Montini's assistant Farina (Giuseppe Cederna) discovers that the villagers have simply gone into hiding, believing their island under attack by the Germans. The soldiers noti...
Released:
1991
Rated:
NR
Length:
105 mins