
Armando Lanza, once an altar boy later a member of the Italian revolutionary group, Red Brigades, was imprisoned and tortured after being involved in the kidnap of a NATO general, James Dozier, from his apartment in Verona.
Using a substantial amount of contemporary footage, the film provides an important record of political agitation, ranging from small-scale guerrilla initiatives to mass strikes, as well as a revealing portrait of one of its protagonists.