Italian drama written and directed by Marco Bellocchio. Augusto (Marino Masé) is the only member of his family capable of looking after and providing for the rest. His widowed mother is blind and his three siblings, Alessandro (Lou Castel), Leone (Pier Luigi Troglio) and Giulia (Paola Pitagora), are epileptic. When Alessandro decides that Augusto must be released from his overwhelming responsibilities, he can see only one possible solution: to kill the rest of his family.