[Machine Translation] Directed by master filmmaker Gabriele Salvatores, winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film for "Angel of the Aegean Sea" ('91), this film is a complete adaptation of the best-selling Italian novel with a screenplay by Niccolo Ammaniti, the author of the original story. Michele lives in a small village in southern Italy, where the scorching sun shines and golden wheat fields spread out. He discovers a mysterious hole and a young boy, Filippo, who is chained to it. Behind the friendship between the two, secrets of the adults are creeping in. When Filippo discovers that he is involved in an incident involving all the adults, he summons up the courage to confront them. The main character Michele is played by Giuseppe Cristiano. Despite his lack of acting experience, he was selected out of 1,200 auditionees and skillfully portrayed the emotional turmoil between friendship and family. This masterpiece, also known as the Italian version of "Stand By Me," is being released on Blu-ray for the first time in Japan! The film was an official selection of the Competition section at the 2003 Berlin Film Festival and represented Italy in the Best Foreign Language Film category at the 2004 Academy Awards. -In the summer of 1978, Michele is a 10-year-old boy living in a small, poor village in southern Italy. While playing outside with his friends, as usual, he accidentally discovers a mysterious hole behind an abandoned house. There he finds a young boy, Filippo, chained up and locked up. Despite his fear, Michele visits the hole again and again, and begins to feel a connection with Filippo. One night, however, Michele overhears a conversation between adults and discovers that Filippo is involved in a serious incident. Includes a booklet explaining the film.