A passionate story set in Italy in the early 1930's after the rise of Fascism.Giancarlo Giannini won best actor at Cannes Film Festival.Lina Wertmuller, Oscar nominated director brings a passionate and stirring story to life. Tunin commits to assassinating Mussolini after witnessing the murder of a close anarchist friend.His plans are subverted when he takes residence in a whore-house and falls in love with a prostitute.The tension arising from their love impedes his mission and leads him to his own violent destruction.