Suddenly, Love Becomes Lust… Innocence becomes shame… As two women are trapped by violent passion and unforgettable terror!
Widowed shopkeeper Cesira and her 13-year-old daughter Rosetta flee from the allied bombs in Rome during the second World War; they travel to the remote village where Cesira was born. During their journey and in the village and onward, the mother does everything she can to protect Rosetta. Meanwhile, a sensitive young intellectual, Michele, falls in love with Cesira.
rape
rome, italy
parent child relationship
italy
widow
refugee
peasant
world war ii
wartime
single mother
shopkeeper
remote village
young scholar
bombed church
moroccans
return to birthplace