Shot on Super 16mm film by Hélène Louvart, the movie has a grainy, tactile quality that feels like an old memory. The colors of the Italian landscape—the ochre dust, the pale green tobacco leaves—give way to the steely blues and greys of the city, creating a visual language for the loss of magic in the modern world. The soundtrack, punctuated by the sounds of nature and a haunting use of organ music, reinforces the film's status as a modern-day myth.
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