After losing the ferry that should bring her to Greece by her husband, an Italian-French journalist finds herself in her native country in Puglia and ends up involved in a violent passionate meeting.
Acting
Fanny Ardant's volcanic restraint—every glance is a novel.
Cinematography
Puglia's limestone heat becomes a third character in the affair.
Direction
Tatò's rare female gaze on 80s Italian male-dominated cinema.
Director
Anna Maria Tatò
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
One of precious few Italian features directed by a woman in the 1980s; Tatò was Fellini's longtime assistant before this solo debut.
The film was barely distributed outside Italy and remains nearly impossible to find legally—making that 9.0 rating on one vote either cult devotion or someone's very passionate grandmother.
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