Editing Love and Anarchy (section)

==Plot==
In 1932, after witnessing the murder of his [[Anarchism in Italy|anarchist]] friend at the hands of the [[Carabinieri|Fascist police]] for plotting to assassinate [[Benito Mussolini]], Antonio "Tunin" Soffiantini, a peasant farmer from [[northern Italy]], resolves to carry out his friend's mission. After training in marksmanship in Paris with the anarchist underground, he travels to Rome and settles into Madame Aida's brothel while posing as the cousin of one of the prostitutes, Salomè, who is his secret political contact. Salomè explains to Tunin that she seeks to avenge the lynching of her anarchist lover, [[Anteo Zamboni]], who was framed for an attempt on Mussolini's life in [[Bologna]].

Salomè arranges for her, Tunin and Tripolina, a younger prostitute at the brothel, to spend the day with the head of Mussolini's [[OVRA|secret police]], Giacinto Spatoletti, from whom she has been extracting vital information for the past three months, so they can learn Spatoletti's upcoming security arrangements. The four of them go to the countryside near Rome where the assassination is due to take place in a few days' time. Salomè keeps Spatoletti busy while Tunin surveys the area and devises a plan. After striking up a conversation, Tunin and Tripolina develop feelings for one another and subsequently sleep together.

Back in Rome that night, Salomè and Tripolina return to the brothel while Spatoletti takes Tunin to the [[Piazza del Campidoglio]], where the two men drink as Spatoletti expresses his admiration for Mussolini and his disdain for [[Socialism in Italy|socialists]] and anarchists. When Spatoletti makes crude remarks about Tripolina, Tunin admonishes him and runs towards the brothel, yelling Tripolina's name, but the [[Madam (prostitution)|madams]] throw him out.

The next day, Tunin reveals his assassination plot to Tripolina and asks her to spend the next two days with him, as he fears they may be his last, leaving her devastated. When an important client dies suddenly at the brothel, Madame Aida, hoping to avoid a scandal, assigns Tunin to discreetly dump the client's corpse in the [[Roman Forum]], which he does with help from Salomè. In exchange, Madame Aida allows Tripolina to spend the next two days with Tunin.

On the morning of the planned assassination, Tripolina refuses to awaken Tunin, fearing he will die, which leads to a heated argument with Salomè, who insists that he execute the plan, but the two eventually agree to protect him. Tunin awakens and, realising he is late, angrily accuses both women of betrayal. When the police conduct a routine patrol at the brothel, an increasingly paranoid Tunin confesses his intention to kill Mussolini and opens fire on the police, killing a few officers. He then tries to shoot himself but has run out of bullets. While attempting to escape, he is apprehended outside the brothel as Salomè, Tripolina and the other prostitutes watch in horror.

Tunin is subjected to torture and interrogation by Spatoletti, but refuses to speak. He is subsequently beaten to death by Fascist officers in his jail cell. The police report describes his death as an "unidentified madman's" suicide.