Ambitious magistrate Vittoria makes the dramatic decision to move to Southern Italy to take down the Calabrian mafia. But instead of targeting the violent, cruel men of the organization, she hopes to appeal to their wives and children to bring peace to the region.

Shot through with domestic, romantic, and sexual drama, this is a mafia film with a difference: shadowy sitdowns between bosses, switched for the lives of loyal wives. No softer for that feminine focus, this crime-thriller is pervaded by stone-cold imagery that further toughens a riveting storyline.