Reeds in the Wind

"We are like reeds in the wind... and fate is the wind."

On the wild, sun-scorched island of Sardinia, the once-proud Pintor family has fallen on hard times. In a crumbling house above the river, three unmarried sisters cling to the last shreds of their name - and to Efix, the faithful old servant who has spent his life tending their final scrap of land. Efix works not for wages but for penance, haunted by a secret from the night the family's fortunes turned.

Then a letter arrives. Giacinto -...