She survived the war. Surviving the night is harder.
Matera, 1943. Partisan Nichi has been wounded and is returning to her brigade's hideout, but her true concerns are focused on the fate of her husband, a prisoner of the German army. When she arrives at the hideout, however, she finds no one there except a young courier accompanied by a civilian woman who urgently needs to be escorted out of the city by nightfall.
Cinematography
Matera's stone labyrinth becomes a character.
Acting
Baccarini's silences hit harder than dialogue.
Director
Gianni Aureli
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Matera's sassi caves were actual partisan hideouts; locals still tell stories of whispered resistance in the stone.
The title references Italian partisans' grim saying: 'You never survive the third mission.'
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