"Lawyer"

Ancient Italian cities shared more than a deep sense of history: their rooftops were red.

Whether Florence or Venice, they were all like that. Yet Italian people's hair was mostly black, and red hair was rare.

When Martina had still been a respectable housewife, her hair had been black. She had done nothing at all, merely walked down the street in high heels and stockings, yet people stared at her wherever she went. Among them was young Renato, a boy just awakening to love.

Later, she dyed her hair red and cut it short. With her own hands, the widow used scissors to cut off her long hair, as if severing some connection to the past, to something deeply rooted within her heart.

When viewers followed the rise and fall of Martina's high heels with lustful eyes, what they naturally saw was her alluring figure and seductive red lips.

Those with clear heads saw Martina's tragic fate, her tears, and her helplessness.

After helping her win the case, the lawyer forced her to pay his legal fees by having sex with him. Terror and panic were magnified across her face.

Young Renato followed and peeped on Martina, witnessing the true face of the "lawyer." Even if Martina called for help, it would have been useless, because that smooth-talking lawyer would turn around and claim that she had seduced him. Given the whole town's prejudice against Martina, she would have been despised and misunderstood.

When every man and woman in town gossiped that Malèna had been unfaithful while her husband was away, calling her a slut, the boy stubbornly trusted her. By following her, he saw Martina dancing to music while holding her husband's photograph.

She was a victim of war. Her father had been bombed to death, and her husband