"Good Morning, Night" is based upon the real event of the kidnapping of Italy's former prime minister Aldo Moro in 1978, and portraits the members of the Red Brigades, the reason behind their actions and how their emotional struggles parallel the escalading national crisis, as one of the members begins to question the cause.

Bellocchio avoids investigating ideology of the Red Brigades, and reason for the kidnapping, but by beautifully composed sequences shows the increasing disillusionment of the cause in Chiara, who begins to fantasize about releasing Moro, and finally realizes that fascism remains fascism, no matter what flag or ideology is behind it.

An extremely powerful and thought provoking film, especially today, where the western world is fixated on terrorism.

Henrik Sylow