This bizarre drama chronicles the strange activities of a blind widow living with her four children - Augusto, Sandro, Leone and Giulia. The burden of supporting the family falls on Augusto, the only one of the four not afflicted with epilepsy. When Sandro determines to help Augusto break away and marry his girlfriend, he can see only one way to do it; and sets out to kill the rest of his family. Accompanied by a powerful film score by Ennio Morricone. In Italian with English subtitles.
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ACMI Identifier
309446
Language
Italian
Audience classification
MA
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Foreign language films
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Mothers and daughters
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Mothers and sons
Feature films → Feature films - Italy
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Blindness
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Epilepsy
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Epilepsy - Psychological aspects
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Epileptics
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Handicapped
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Handicapped - Family relationships
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Handicapped children
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)