For much of its runtime, the movie functions as a coming-of-age drama, detailing the mundane but increasingly disturbing lives of sheltered, upper-middle-class boys. It depicts an environment where "Christian values" are taught alongside a culture of machismo, where dominance and physical aggression are seen as the only markers of manhood. The Descent into Violence
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The narrative eventually narrows its focus to three former students—Gianni Guido, Angelo Izzo, and Andrea Ghira. Their internal frustrations and distorted views on women culminate in the brutal kidnapping, torture, and rape of two young women, Rosaria Lopez and Donatella Colasanti, at a villa in Circeo. For much of its runtime, the movie functions