During a wave of political violence in Italy, a policeman who's already survived an assassination is assigned to act as a bodyguard to a morally upright judge. He feels increasingly fearful as the links of the upper echelons of police and government to the violence become clear.

故事讲述了一个野心勃勃但无能的侄子接管了富有贵族叔叔的财产和女人，包括他的妻子、女儿和女佣。

一名不甘受束缚的修女法拉维亚为了追求自由及男人与女人的平等而逃离修道院，突如其来的战争使她获得了爱情和权利，法拉维亚为此也付出了沉重的代价……

1983 film by Andrei Tarkovsky