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1917 nel pieno della Grande Guerra. Gino Montanari è un maestro elementare romagnolo, ateo, anti-interventista e donnaiolo. A causa delle sue idee ed i comportamenti libertini, viene costretto dal preside ad arruolarsi volontario nonostante abbia da tempo superato l'età della leva obbligatoria. Arrivato al fronte viene destinato ad un piccolo avamposto in Valtellina come eliografista per trasmettere segnali morse con la luce del sole. Gino non ha nessuna esperienza di montagna e di vita militare; i primi incontri con i suoi compagni e con il Tenente Mazzoleni sono all'insegna delle vessazioni e delle prese in giro. Aniello Pasquale, un ragazzo analfabeta di Capri, analfabeta, gli farà da assistente. Nel loro viaggio verso la postazione di vedetta e durante gli accampamenti notturni, i due imparano a conoscersi.
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Soldato Semplice (2015)
99 min
In 1917, Gino Montanari, an elementary school teacher from Romagna, was forced by the principal of his school to volunteer for the First World War because of his libertine and anti-interventionist behavior. With the threat of being expelled from all schools if he refused, Gino was reluctantly sent to the front in a small outpost in Valtellina, where as a heliographer he had to transmit Morse signals with sunlight. His life would be profoundly changed by his encounter with a young illiterate man, with the enemy, and with a series of individuals from various parts of Italy.