Maria Lupi is a 16 year old teenager. She is the only daughter of conservative Catholic Italians. She clashes with her sexually repressed mother and violent, philandering father.

Maria Lupi is a 16 year old teenager. She is the only daughter of conservative Catholic Italians. She clashes with her sexually repressed mother and violent, philandering father. Her parents want Maria to get a husband, but she is more interested in a career and her only ally is her grandmother.—Paul Gerard Kennedy