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" In keeping with this idealized scenario (though, to be fair to the film-makers, such an apparently motiveless incident did indeed occur at San Babila and which inspired this in the first place), ever the weakling, the impotent boy goes home to literally spill his guts out before his long-suffering mother (whom he had constantly badmouthed in the presence of his friends as a sign of independence) – with her unnatural doting suddenly hinting at the onset of an incestuous relationship! While the picture is undeniably raw (a semi-documentary feel and being mainly peopled by unknowns certainly helped in this regard) and strongly-felt (as were a good many efforts to emerge during this particularly tumultuous era in Italian history), I must say that I was not especially involved in the plight of any of the characters: be it the kids (who are practically interchangeable and never truly convince when it is required of them to spout their political beliefs!), their parents or their victims (despite taking care to introduce them half-way through so as to drive home the message that they are decent, hard-working folk!)"