The opening passage of the film, from Lucretius' De Rerum Natura, evokes the rebirth after cold winter. Little by little you hear noises and voices, you see grass groaning and nature reviving, animals' mating and men's reproduction. Then summer arrives, bringing the peasants' chants after their evening meal and the crickets' chirping. The elderly keep watch, a girl cries, the night passes and, in the morning, men and animals are ready for work again. The return of frost is preceded by an argument between two peasants. But after winter life is ready for a new rebirth. <%YOUTUBE=l7g7HYCacyM%>