Samp is a professional hitman who is hired by a powerful president to kill traditionalists. On a personal level, he has psychological problems he treats with music. After killing his mother, he wanders through Puglia seeking his ideal woman. He encounters all sorts of people as he goes: nature-lovers, people out to find their roots, and an eccentric musician. Suddenly, Samp falls in love, not once, but serially. With women of little substance. He kills someone else and becomes almost human—and that humanity will put paid to his dreams of power.
Direction
Rezza/Mastrella's singular visual language—part Fellini, part fever dream.
Production
Puglia as character: sun-bleached landscapes against blood and absurdity.
Acting
Rezza's deadpan mania—killing and crooning in the same breath.
Director
Antonio Rezza
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Rezza and Mastrella are a legendary Italian experimental duo; this continues their decades-long collaboration blurring performance art and cinema.
The 'traditionalists' Samp is hired to kill aren't political enemies— they're people seeking authenticity, making his own rootless violence the film's true target.
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