Sangue tells the story of a strange encounter between actor/director Pippo Delbono and Giovanni Senzani, the former leader of the Red Brigades. During this meeting, the stories of two women intermingle: Margherita, the devout Catholic mother of Pippo, and Anna, Giovanni's wife, who opposed Senzani’s armed struggle but waited for her husband during his twenty three years in prison. Two women worn by a disease that will kill them just a few days apart, leaving behind two wounded and suddenly vulnerable men...

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Active in theater but known mainly as a film actor, (including Yolande Moreau’s Henri) Pippo Delbono also made a strange documentary called Amore carne in 2013. Sangue is similarly unexpected: sometimes filmed using a smartphone, sometimes more classically technical, the documentary swings between his discussions with a former leader of the Red Brigades, now released from prison, about art and history, and the inevitable interruptions from daily life. And death hangs over this curious, intellectual, self-centered and intimate movie. It is both touching and repellent (mainly due to its images), simple and amazing – managing to remain intriguing despite a somewhat confused beginning.