Storyline

Augusto (Marino Mase) is the oldest son in a dysfunctional Italian family that includes a blind mother (Liliana Gerace), a selfish sister, Giulia (Paola Pitagora), and two epileptic brothers, Alessandro (Lou Castel) and Leone (Pier Luigi Troglio). Augusto is planning to marry Lucia (Jennie MacNeil) despite Giulia's repeated attempts to drive them apart, but cannot do so while taking care of the clan. An angry and unstable Alessandro decides to help Augusto by killing their mother and siblings.

Plot Keywords

mother, sister, epileptic, brother, fiancé, son, dark, offbeat, italy, countryside, cemetery, café, road, family dysfunction, murder, engagement, epilepsy, desperation, transformation, underdog, 1960s

Short Review

[Bellocchio] has achieved the ambition of every young film-maker -- he holds up a mirror in which his own generation can recognize the conditions of its own existence.

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