Barbagia (La società del malessere)

Not uninteresting but rather confusing and strangely uninvolving tale of the Barbagis bandits of Sardinia. Apparently turning from stealing sheep to kidnap and blackmail these anti heroes live an uncompromising life within their own strict code. Based on the true story of Graziano Mesina, played by Ternece Hill there is much violence, betrayal and revenge played out in the stark and bleak landscape of Barbara. Almost from the very start this seems to signal it is going nowhere and the insertion of stock footage and voice-over do not help the mood. Most sequences are well shot but the whole is not well put together and this disjointed and brutal movie becomes to feel stretched out. Even the final kidnap and subsequent denouement cannot raise this above the very average.