A Leap in the Dark

Mauro Ponticelli (Michel Piccoli), a judge, wants his older sister Marta (Anouk Aimée) well again. She raised him from boyhood and now lives with mental illness and thoughts of suicide. Marco Bellocchio follows Mauro as he brings Giovanni (Michele Placido), a gifted actor who lives at the edge of the law, into her life. Marta begins to recover, and Mauro finds he resents the closeness between them.