Christina Fisher arrives in Sardinia to spend a holiday with her university friend, Francesco. As they are touring the island, they are trapped by mountain terrorists. Francesco is kidnapped, but Christina is permitted to leave. She is determined to contact the police, but is persuaded not to by Francesco's best friend, Gambino. Together they try to find the kidnappers, but she becomes suspicious of everyone including Gambino. Confused and paranoid, she sets out alone to contact the police.
Cinematography
Sardinia's brutalist landscapes as psychological prison.
Acting
Rampling's eyes doing 90% of the storytelling.
Direction
Mingozzi weaponizes silence and empty space.
Director
Gianfranco Mingozzi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was one of four films Rampling and Nero made together during their real-life romance.
The 'banditismo' tradition depicted here draws from actual Sardinian criminal culture that resisted Italian unification for centuries.
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