The film is a sort of presentation of Franco Fortini's book 'I Cani del Sinai'. Fortini, an Italian Jew, reads excerpts from the book about his alienation from Judaism and from the social relations around him, the rise of Fascism in Italy, the anti-Arab attitude of European culture. The images, mostly a series of Italian landscape shots, provide a backdrop that highlights the meaning of the text. - Fabrizio Sabidussi
Director: Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet
Screenplay: Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet
Director of Photography: Emilio Bestetti, Renato Berta
Writer: Franco Fortini
Producer: Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub