Young terrorist Laura shoots both a judge and a comrade, and over time her violent act becomes a thread linking the lives and fates of several other women. Each has her own secret, including the lawyer who listens to Laura as if in a ‘trance’: moments before, she discovered her husband was cheating.
Acting
Six legendary Italian actresses, zero weak links.
Direction
Bertolucci's debut—formal, precise, quietly devastating.
Writing
Structure like a thriller, soul like a poem.
Director
Giuseppe Bertolucci
Lina Sastri
Laura
Rossana Podestà
Maria
Giulia Boschi
Rosa
Alida Valli
Gina
Stefania Sandrelli
Renata
Lea Massari
Marta
Mariangela Melato
Giuliana, il giudice
Massimo Ghini
Capitano Felici
Nicoletta Braschi
Suora
Pino Calabrese
Vice-Commissario
Sandra Ceccarelli
Francesca
Nicola Di Pinto
Maresciallo
Lorella Morlotti
Marcella
Federico Pacifici
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Giuseppe Bertolucci was Bernardo's younger brother; this was his sole directorial feature.
Made during Italy's Years of Lead, the film channels real political violence into an all-female meditation on complicity.
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