senses the time is right, she runs to the rear of the farmhouse and bangs on the door, pleading for sanctuary, but no one answers—except Bisturi and Trentadue, who laugh cruelly at her predicament. Together, they force her to remove her panties and urinate in front of them. Cowed and humiliated, she returns to the car with her captors. Now seated between the two mani-
acs in the back seat, with the child in front between Riccardo and Dottore, Maria is mauled by Trentadue, who explains his nickname by exposing himself to her. A radio bulletin identi- fies the Ajaccio Street Gang as the per- petrators of the morning heist. After passing successfully through a road- block, Riccardo notices the boy stirring and says that he must have water to administer another pill to him. They pause at the next rest stop, where Riccardo is unexpectedly confronted by a co-worker, Marisa Altoveti, who notes that he was supposed to be somewhere else this afternoon and coyly accuses him of having an affair. Riccardo in- sists that this is not the case, and in- troduces her to Trentadue (“He is not a woman, as you can plainly see . . .”), who is very impressed by Marisa’s bosom and nearly invites her to join them.
Back in the car, still aroused by the memory of Marisa’s breasts and fu- elled by a bottle of J&B scotch, Trentadue proceeds to maul and rape Maria. This attracts the attention of other vehicles on the road, who honk and berate Riccardo for running “a motel on wheels.” Dottore orders Trentadue to stop, and when he refuses with violent anger, the leader senses that he must exert authority or lose con- trol of his men. He takes advantage of a road tunnel to shoot Trentadue. He is left not quite dead, but catatonic (“Nothing will kill him—he’ll never die!”), and Bisturi is left emotionally shattered by the violence directed against his friend.
The car is now low on gas, forcing a stop at a service station. The attendant is having his siesta and refuses to open, until Maria is recruited to plead the child’s urgent need of hospital care. As
BISTURI accidentally murders a hostage in the car park, to the horror of Dottore (Maurice Poli) and Maria.
