i actually havent watched anything until yesterday, where a certain website recommended that i watch
Bandits of Orgosolo -
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053632/reference
A B&W, 1961 italian film about life in the Supramonte region of Sardinia.
Michele, a humble sheepherder, lives a hard but quiet life on the mountains. All he wanted was a flock of sheep, and the ones he has now he still hasn't finished paying for.
A small group of shady men join him at his sheepfold, one is injured. It's not clear who they are, but whatever it is, Michele wants nothing to do with it.
Later, a group of Carabinieri comes to the sheepfold to look for the obviously-bandits. A firefight breaks out and the Carabinieri make Michele to be one of their gang. Innocent and yet sure that he would be found guilty in a court, Michele has to go on the lam.
The film is entirely in black & white, and starring real-life local sheperds instead of professional actors. I suppose the main draw would be the scenery, the harsh, inhospitable sardinian landscape that, in the film, exiges its toll of life on Michele's sheep flock, and thus on his life. It won "Best Newcomer" at the 22nd Venice film festival, but it's not a film i would recommend. It's only interesting for the first half, becoming slow later on, as it doesn't have much of a story to tell. The setup is interesting, the actually-really-real characters are interesting, but once they are put on the stage, there's not much more to see. There is a "moral of the story" where Michele, not wanting to be a brigand, is forced to become one by the unescapable events of the film. Meh.
My vote:
6.5/10 - there's far more interesting italian period pieces out there.