Synopsis
Real story of a ninety-year-old Sardinian shepherd, who wants to cure the mankind. Since his youth, this exceptional man has been reading various encyclopedias. From books and his own experience he creates original theories about how the world could work better.
An encyclopaedist from Sardinia, a 90-year old autodidact takes interest in current events only as long as they connect with the text of his book of books, i.e. the encyclopaedia that ensured his education and still determines his mindset. We never get to see the book though we are invited into his library. The camera follows the man on his walks on the island, his long commentaries are interrupted only by shots of the beach. His distinct view of creation is influenced by his readings and observations of natural transformations. The sea, light, clouds and people are intertwined with the memory of the text that is curiously shifted by the combinations of encyclopaedic entries. This documentary film is a portrait of a lonely old man who was long ago denied education. In spite of that he gradually covered his ignorance with signs and the encyclopaedic knowledge became not just a provisional model but the truth that contains the island and the whole world.
An encyclopaedist from Sardinia, a 90-year old autodidact takes interest in current events only as long as they connect with the text of his book of books, i.e. the encyclopaedia that ensured his education and still determines his mindset. We never get to see the book though we are invited into his library. The camera follows the man on his walks on the island, his long commentaries are interrupted only by shots of the beach. His distinct view of creation is influenced by his readings and observations of natural transformations. The sea, light, clouds and people are intertwined with the memory of the text that is curiously shifted by the combinations of encyclopaedic entries. This documentary film is a portrait of a lonely old man who was long ago denied education. In spite of that he gradually covered his ignorance with signs and the encyclopaedic knowledge became not just a provisional model but the truth that contains the island and the whole world.
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