Laura, from a middle-class upbringing, has gone underground with the Brigate Rosse (Red Brigade). Along with a few companions she both plans and brings to fruition an attempt on the life of a Venetian magistrate. Due to the fact that a companion gets wounded during the attempt, Laura kills him in cold blood and then flees to her family?s house outside Bologna. On a train bound for Rome, Laura meets and gets to know Rosa, stepsister of the slain magistrate…