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Well-acted, suspenseful, dark... Surprising film-noir effort, in Italian. Rushed, confusing ending dis-credits the Writer and/or Director for their poor planning, but otherwise, worth a watch....

My maternal grandmother came from this area of Ireland. The screen writer's take on the subject of female liberation was refreshing, especially in light of the cavorting antics of the local priest/preacher.

I attended high school with several Lithuanian & Latvian refugees in the mid-fifties, in Canada. I found them to be quite stoic and reserved, and can now understand why they might behave in his way. Their parents were mis-treated as fascists by the Russians, simply because the Germans had smothered them for so long. This led to their deportation to Stalin's hostile, 3000 mile distant work camps and a starvation existence. A story well worth telling, in black & white film, due to its grim theme...