Onesto

A story about the Italian mountains and the people living through hard times within them

One rainy night, through the window of his house in the Cadore forests, the writer Francesco sees a man standing in the middle of a storm. He invites him in. This is how he meets old Guido, whose face is as wrinkled as the Dolomite cliffs and whose eyes are as blue as the mountain sky. Guido's attention is caught by a photograph of an unknown girl, which Francesco found under an overhang in the mountains.
Francesco begins to visit the lonely Guido, and the old man asks him to read from a bundle of ancient letters. Each one is dedicated to one of the surrounding mountains, and together they tell the story of the lives of brothers Onesto and Santa. They describe the seemingly simple stories of people who cling to life with all their might, just as larches dig their roots into the steepest rock faces. They tell of war, death, and love. But the story doesn't end with the last letter. Who had the cenotaph with the inscription “You are my mountains” built in the town? And who is the mysterious girl from the old photograph?