Two best friends from Brooklyn move to glamorous, decadent South Beach, Miami. Matt is escaping a troubled home, Vince is escaping trouble.

In this ambitious project of laying bare the lives of a village family over a 30-year period before, during, and after World War I, director Juraj Jakubisko has perhaps lost the outline of the woods in the beauty of each tree. Part I focuses on the ups and downs and the sensual life of an older bricklayer and beekeeper…