The dynamics drastically change with the arrival of Silvia (played by 11-year-old Eva Ionesco). Unlike the virginal and timid Laura, Silvia is confident, manipulative, and assertive. She quickly supplants Laura in Fabrizio's affections, and the two become a sadistic duo, hunting Laura with bows and arrows, pretending to push her off a high ledge, and forcing her to watch as they make love. The film ends on a tragic note, as the three friends take refuge from a storm inside a cave, where Fabrizio again pretends they are lost. This time, Silvia breaks down sobbing, crying out for her mother, as all traces of childhood innocence are stripped away.
Maladolescenza has lived most of its life in the shadows. It was a cause célèbre for the British “Video Nasty” panic of the 1980s. In Italy, Murgia was tried and eventually acquitted, but the film was ordered destroyed. Pirated copies, often sourced from an old Japanese VHS or a rare Swedish print, have circulated in underground collector circles for years. maladolescencia maladolescenza 1977 de pier giuseppe murgia
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