Two insomniacs,a peeping tom teacher and a hunch-backed boxer,meet one night on the Alma bridge.They watch a couple who takes a walk on the banks of the Seine:the woman is pregnant.Some time later ,they meet up with her again and rape her.She commits *******.Both criminals abuse other victims ,including a doctor's patient.This physician was their first victim's husband. （IMDB）
Two segments. The first one arranges six stories from Cesare Pavese's "Dialoghi con Leucò", taken from classical mythology. The second segment is taken from Pavese's novel "La luna e i falò": after WWII the emigrant 'The Bastard' comes back to his village in the Langhe (northern Italy) to find that everyone he knew has died and the war has deeply changed relationships between p...
芝士廠老闆的兒子被綁架了，父母收到2封儿子的来信索要赎金，但是儿子的好友该奶制品工厂的工人说儿子很恨他多次想绑架父亲用赎金来救身为左派分子的朋友。父亲其后从该人口中得知儿子已死。老板不愿将这伤心的消息告诉夫人，将计就计伙同儿子的未婚妻和朋友准备筹集赎金用来拯救即将倒闭的工厂 。他自己同妻子去事先计划好的地方交赎金，却突然发现儿子仍旧活着。他身心疲惫不知道该相信这是真实的绑架还是他们的一出戏，面对众人的幸福团聚，他选择了对事实的沉默。
该影片讲述了人们对于恐惧未知的事件的种种猜疑和利益力权衡的尴尬处境。鹰派你中的老板父子关系淡薄，政见毫不统一，恍如陌生人一般。不清楚这绑架案是上演的一出好戏还是真实的悲剧，不知道自己花费半辈子的心血换来冷漠的儿子的生命值不值得，主人公陷入尴尬的处境。最后他选择了善意的逃避事实的真相，选择了安心的沉默。
