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.

Cast

Gabriele Ferzetti

Gregorio

Eleonora Giorgi

Anna

Gioia Scola

Rachele

Giampiero Albertini

Francesco padre di Rachele

Piero Gerlini

Il commisario

Agostina Belli