Vincent Mocco first heard this story from his grandmother as a child, about the minefield, the boy, and how no one believed her. Piedi Nudi is his attempt to share a haunting chapter from her life. The film captures the quiet danger of rural childhood, where play and grief often coexist.

A filmmaker from New Jersey with roots in Monteroduni, Molise, Mocco shot Piedi Nudi in his family’s village on 16mm black-and-white film with a local cast. The project was supported by NYU Tisch, the Spike Lee Production Fund, and the Tiro a Segno Foundation. His work often begins with personal memory and ends in myth, blending realism with something more poetic and biblical.