In 1978, a journalist and a photojournalist, both young Americans, had a close encounter with Red Brigades terrorists in Rome.

David Raybourne is an American journalist covering political news in Italy during the 1970's. He is involved with the Red Brigades when trying to help a friend (Alison King), who photographed them in action and discovers the mafia net is at all levels.—Michel Rudoy <[email protected]>

This is a movie about the political scene in Italy at the time of the kidnapping of the former prime minister Aldo Moro (16 March 1978). the Brigate Rosse (Red Brigades) is the principal character in the movie. Everything revolves around the unstable highly charged political environment: the university in Rome at that time and politics in Italy during those days of civil unrest. the movie depicts accurately those times.—baldcoco