In this highly symbolic political allegory, Averill is traveling through a troubled countryside amid rumors of war to visit his father. He reaches a train station in a city which is paralyzed by a transportation strike and is forced to take lodgings in a bizarre, unattractive town populated by seemingly malformed individuals. After a while, he begins to try to woo a much older woman, and symbolic images of entrapment, imprisonment and erotic enticement mark his adventures in this regard.
Andras Jones
Averill
Maria Bill
woman
Umberto Conte
waiter
Michael Kroecher
porter
Elisabeth Kaza
old woman
Fabio Carfora
man with clubfoot
Elena Roverselli
the marchioness
Valerio Isidori
photographer
