This Italian film is based on the true story of 16th Century philosopher Giordano Bruno (yeah, I never heard of him, either). Midway through the film, he is being interrogated by the Roman Inquisition and has a flashback to a scene where a middle-aged woman is grabbed by a mob and taken outside to a stake. One of the men bares her breast and is about to plunge a hot iron into it when the scene cuts away to the sound of her screaming. Would have been a better scene had the victim been more attractive. I guess Sophia Loren was unavailable.
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