Siddharta and Fabrizio, one of them nine years old, the other one 65, are the core of a community that renounces every civilising comfort. We are their guests – for one summer.
Direction
Patient observation without romanticizing poverty.
Cinematography
Italian countryside so gorgeous it feels like propaganda.
Director
Damiano Giacomelli
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The title nods to Hesse's novel about spiritual seeking, but this Siddharta's journey is physical, not philosophical — enlightenment through labor, not meditation.
Italy's 'villaggi abbandonati' (abandoned villages) have become magnets for off-grid experiments; this film captures one before TikTok discovered them.
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