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1978 · 84 min · ★ 4.8 · Drama

An engineer and former fascist comes back to Italy to resume possession of his own lands. A widower with his sons and daughter befriends a girl who happens to be slightly nuts, the girl, influenced by the speeches of her own father which she had listened to when she was younger succeeds to isolate herself with her lover's sons and pulls them into a dark dimension of madness and murder.

Directed by Alfredo Rizzo · Written by Mario De Rosa

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Gabriele Ferzetti Gregorio
Eleonora Giorgi Anna
Gioia Scola Rachele
Giampiero Albertini Francesco padre di Rachele
Piero Gerlini Il commisario
Agostina Belli

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