Junie Vetusto

Une jeune femme se fait assassiner sauvagement prés d'un lac. Fabio, qui est le témoin de la scène, prend peur et s'enfuit sans dénoncer l'assassin à la police. Le tueur se rend alors au commissariat pour l’accuser à sa place. Suite à cette déposition, la vie de Fabio devient un enfer. Quelques jours plus tard, il décide de raconter sa version au commissaire chargé de l'enquête.

Two episodes on the theme of love and death. In the first, set in nineteenth-century Russia, we have a vehement passion that a family feud turns into tragedy. The second is a Boccaccio comedy in contemporary Sicily.

Directed by the Oscar-winning screenwriter Ennio De Concini, Daniele e Maria (1973) is the tale of a forbidden romance between a rich and reclusive boy and the poor girl whose kindness opens up his formerly sheltered life. As the familiar setup from Romeo and Juliet suggests, the romance can only have a tragic ending as Maria is whisked away from her love and is forced into a loveless marriage organized by the rich family sheltering Daniele…