Marietta, servant of aristocrat Don Cesare, is the
bellezza of an Italian town where men gather nightly in the tavern for
the "game of the Law," selecting one by lot to boss and humiliate the
others.
Illicit passions abound: the judge's wife pursues
Francesco, son of crime boss Matteo, who is after Marietta (so is her
brother-in-law); Marietta wants engineer Enrico for a husband, but
he claims he's too poor to marry.
So she decides to steal herself
a dowry! All this may lead to an explosion...and some changes in
who dictates "the law." |