Mediterraneo (1993)

One of the men has a pet donkey. The donkey is seen riding in the boat from the ship to the island. After the men are on land they cautiously approach the main town. There are several chickens nesting on a ledge at the side of the road. One of them jumps up and startles the men who immediately open fire, killing the chicken. This scene was ……………………………. After the men can find no one on the Island, they set up guard posts and pass words. As evening falls, three of the men hear a noise, they call out for the pass word to be given, but there is no response. They hear more movement and open fire. When the gunfire stops and the smoke clears one man lets out a blood curdling scream and runs over to find that it was his donkey that the men shot, and he is lying dead in a pool of blood. This scene was shot in cuts. We never see the donkey in the same scene where the men are firing their guns. In one scene one of the men goes down to the water’s edge to go fishing. He pulls out a granade from his pocket and tosses it into the water, causing an explosion. In another scene a woman is seen sitting on the porch in front of her home beating an octopus on the stairs to tenderize it for the evening meal. Other animal action consisted of a herd of goats grazing on a mountain side, a woman riding on a donkey, the donkey eating grass and gulls flying.