A Leap in the Dark

Sinopse

Mauro, a judge, is worried about his older sister Marta, who took care of him since he was a boy, and now suffers from mental illness and suicidal thoughts. She seems to recover from her depression when Mauro acquaints her with Giovanni, a brilliant actor at the edge of legality. However, Mauro becomes unconsciously jealous of their relationship.

6.2
1980
Released
1h 54m

Michel Piccoli

Anouk Aimée

Michele Placido

Gisella Burinato

Antonio Piovanelli

Anna Orso

Giampaolo Saccarola

Adriana Pecorelli

Franca Maria De Monti

Paola Ciampi

Ponticelli's Mother

Pier Giorgio Bellocchio

Mario Prosperi

Elizabeth Labi

Mario Ravasio

Gaetano Campisi

Marino Cenna

Lamberto Consani

Giancarlo Sammartano

Oreste Rotundo

Remo Remotti

Marina Sassi

Rossano Weber

Alessandro Antonucci

Daria Fago

Matteo Fago

Giovanni Frezza

Maria Pia Frezza

Gianluca Giusti

Pasquale Moscianese

Carlotta Natoli

Daniele Piretti

Valerio Tozzi

Vittorio Caprioli

Mauro Ponticelli (voice)

Frédérique Alexandre

Marta Ponticelli Child (uncredited)

Silverio Conti

Man at Pawnshop (uncredited)

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@Geronimo1967over 1 year ago

Yikes, but what part of the Italian legal establishment doesn't come in for some pillorying from Marco Bellochio in this film? It all centres around judge "Mauro" (Michel Piccoli) and his ailing sister "Marta" (Anouk Aimée) who has pretty much brought him up. She isn't coping so well with reality and is frequently prone to suicidal flights of fancy until, that is, he introduces her to the rather r