Elena Bellocchio

Bellocchio blends reality and fiction in this episodic family drama.

A mother pushes her son, Federico, to visit the convent-prison in Bobbio, where Sister Benedetta is facing charges of witchery for seducing Fabrizio, Federico's twin brother, and making him betray his priestly mission. The mother pressures Fedrico to rehabilitate his brother legacy but he, too, falls under Benedetta's spell, thus sentencing her to a life sentence walled up in prison. 30 years later, Federico, now Cardinal, will meet again Benedetta, still living behind those walls. (Venezia 72)

Elena (18), is on her first day at work in a bar in a small Apennine town of Bobbio. It's summer and the bar is very busy.