Battlefield

These are the years of the First World War and Dr. Stefano Zorzi spends his days in the Exemption Clinic in a large city of Northern Italy, where he not only takes care of soldiers who arrive from the massacre of the front, but also he fights simulation and self-harm of those who hope to be dispensed, by sending them before the Military Court. If Stefano, in fact, does his utmost to heal soldiers and send them back to fight, Dr. Giulio Farradio makes them ill, or helps them to self-injure seriously enough to be exonerated. The two doctors, who went to university together and were great friends, they not only (secretly) challenge each other on a professional level, but also on the sentimental one: they are both linked to Anna, a courageous nurse with a strong character. But when the great ‘Spanish’ fever epidemic arrived in 1918, the time for love, politics and science ends up getting confused dangerously...

Directed by

Gianni Amelio

Written by

Gianni Amelio, Alberto Taraglio

Genres

Drama, History, War

Released

September 5, 2024

Runtime

1h 44m

Status

Released

Original title

Campo di battaglia

Language

Italian

Countries

Italy

Studios

Kavac Film, RAI Cinema, IBC MOvie, One Art Film, Friuli Venezia Giulia Film Commission, Trentino Film Commission

Budget

$12,000,000