SINOPSYS

A judge, terrorized by the idea that his sister is going mad, wants to kill her. He finds a hired assassin, an actor, who instead of killing her or persuading her to commit suicide, acts in such a way that she falls in love with him. She recovers, thus inflicting madness on her brother, whose original sanity was established only when compared with the folly of his sister. And the solution, so often contemplated with regard to the sister, will be applied to the brother.

In competition at Cannes Festival 1980, Palme d’Or to Michel Piccoli as bedst actor and to Anouk Aimeé as best actress.

David di Donatello 1980 to Marco Bellocchio for best director.

The restored version was premiered at the Festival Lumière in Lyon.