The tumultuous political events of the late Sixties that swept across Europe left a particular mark on Italy. The radical Red Brigades, committed to the violent overthrow of the State, were formed out of the student protests of 1968. La Prima Linea was an Italian terrorist organisation, founded in the late Seventies and even more extreme in its methods. Director Renato De Maria tackles his subject from the perspective of his male protagonist (Riccardo Scamarcio), who looks back from his jail cell on his youthful exploits with understanding, candour and remorse. With his lover and colleague Susanna (Giovanna Mezzogiorno) they seem to be a modern-day Marxist Bonnie and Clyde. Taut and suspenseful the film offers a probing insight into the minds of terrorists.