A young man lives as a recluse in a monastery. In a sort of ecstasy, he begins to talk to nature and recite the gospels.
Rome, early 20th century: a wealthy psychiatrist, who runs an asylum for women and lacks imagination in his practice, must find a wet nurse for his infant when his wife panics after childbirth. He brings a peasant, Annette, to Rome, forcing her to leave her own baby behind. To the consternation and increasing anger of the wife, the nanny immediately bonds with the couple's infant son - Annette's a natural. Against a backdrop of leftist demonstrations, Annette, who's lover is a teacher jailed for subversion, asks the doctor to teach her to read and write. Her nature and curiosity, the doctor's bland ideas, he and his wife's problems, and the two infants bring the story to a head.
The study of semantics has convinced Amedio that things only have relative validity, and that everything is changeable. So it seems, because while on an Italian holiday with his family, he conceives the idea that his aging wife should assume the role of his mother, and his daughter, who has an infant son, should assume the role of his wife and lover. His real mother, an elderly invalid, dies just as this conceit begins to take form, and, inexplicably, the women placidly go along with this odd notion for a time, but eventually return to their former roles.
Jacqueline Lustig was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Her debut was in the featured film Alambrado directed by Marco Bechis in the leading role of Eva Logan. Jacqueline Lustig has lived in Paris and Rome for 17 years working with directors Marco Bellocchio in My Mothers' Smile and La Balia; Thomas Robsahm in The Norvegian featured film S.O.S., Fabio Carpi in La prossima volta il fuoco, among others. She attended with this film La Mostra internazionale di Cinema di Venezia. Le Festival international du film de Cannes, Locarno Film Festival. La Habana film festival. She is currently based in Buenos Aires where she plays in theatre, dances Flamenco, sings, produces and writes.
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