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Mauro, a judge, is worried about his older sister Marta, who took care of him since he was a boy, and now suffers from mental illness and suicidal thoughts. She seems to recover from her depression when Mauro acquaints her with Giovanni, a brilliant actor at the edge of legality. However, Mauro becomes unconsciously jealous of their relationship.
Casts

Michel Piccoli
Mauro Ponticelli

Anouk Aimée
Marta Ponticelli

Michele Placido
Giovanni Sciabola

Gisella Burinato
Anna

Antonio Piovanelli
Quasimodo

Anna Orso
Marilena

Giampaolo Saccarola
Insane Brother

Adriana Pecorelli
Sonia

Franca Maria De Monti
Paola Ciampi
Ponticelli's Mother

Pier Giorgio Bellocchio
Giorgio

Mario Prosperi
Mario Ponticelli
Elizabeth Labi
Ponticelli's Fiancée

Enrico Bergier
Ponticelli's Brother
Mario Ravasio
Brother of Suicide
Gaetano Campisi
Actor

Marino Cenna
Actor
Lamberto Consani
Giovanni's Friend
Giancarlo Sammartano
Passerby
Oreste Rotundo
Passerby

Remo Remotti
Thief
Marina Sassi
Giovanni's Friend
Rossano Weber
Fire-Eater
Alessandro Antonucci
Ponticelli Child
Daria Fago
Ponticelli Child
Natalia Fago
Ponticelli Child
Matteo Fago
Ponticelli Child

Giovanni Frezza
Ponticelli Child
Maria Pia Frezza
Ponticelli Child
Gianluca Giusti
Pasquale Moscianese

Carlotta Natoli
Daniele Piretti
Valerio Tozzi

Vittorio Caprioli
Mauro Ponticelli (voice)

Livia Giampalmo
Marta Ponticelli (voice)
Frédérique Alexandre
Marta Ponticelli Child (uncredited)
Silverio Conti
Man at Pawnshop (uncredited)
Crews

Piero Natoli
Screenplay

Vincenzo Cerami
Screenplay

Marco Bellocchio
Screenplay

Marco Bellocchio
Story
Giuseppe Di Biase
Camera Operator
Lucilla Clementelli
Script Supervisor
Enzo Porcelli
Executive Producer
Inigo Lezzi
First Assistant Director
Pino Venditti
Second Assistant Director
Dino Di Dionisio
Unit Production Manager
Claudio Gaeta
Production Secretary

Angelo Barbagallo
Production Secretary
Janice Munro
Production Secretary
Cecilia Valmarana
Production Assistant
Franco Fantini
Administration
Alessio Gelsini Torresi
Assistant Camera
Maria Ruhle
Public Relations
Letizia Cavallini
Still Photographer
Firmino Palmieri
Still Photographer
Carmelo Agate
Assistant Production Design
Silvana Turchi
Assistant Costume Designer
Cesare Paciotti
Makeup Artist
Luciana Maria Costanzi
Hairstylist
Remo Ugolinelli
Sound
Giulio Viggiani
Boom Operator
Anna Rosa Napoli
Assistant Editor
Rita Algeri
Assistant Editor
Bruno Tempera
Property Master
Alberto Michettoni
Property Master
Ennio Di Stefano
Gaffer
Giancarlo Serravalli
Key Grip
Anita Cavallari
Seamstress

Marin Karmitz
Additional Dialogue
Pierre Gautard
Camera Operator
Luciano Anzellotti
Sound Effects
Adriano Taloni
Sound Mixer
Giovanni Fago
Thanks

Gerardo Scala
Thanks
Fabrizio Beggiato
Thanks
Marie Christine Vanden Eede
Thanks

Marco Bellocchio
Director

Roberto Perpignani
Editor
Anna Maria Clementelli
Producer
Silvio Clementelli
Producer

Nicola Piovani
Original Music Composer

Giuseppe Lanci
Director of Photography
Brigitte Sousselier
Editor
Lia Francesca Morandini
Costume Design
Andrea Crisanti
Production Design

Amedeo Fago
Production Design
Backdrops & Posters



