L'età dell'oro

Our pair of detectives – Woodstock, the left-wing “Sherlock Holmes” from Rome and deputy police commissioner Giacomo Chiesa – return to investigate the apparent suicide of a young heiress amid references to ancient esotericism and ruthless revenge.

Fame has taken a heavy toll on Woodstock and the incorruptible police officer who seemed destined for a brilliant career. They have both lost their jobs and Chiesa even his marriage. They now drown their sorrows in drink. It seems that nothing can save them from failure, when something happens. The young heiress of a dynasty of entrepreneurs with links to the Camorra has committed suicide in Sperlonga. The young woman’s mother does not believe in the official version of events, however, and contacts Woodstock, who agrees to take on the case. Moreover, he agrees to take with him his “best enemy”, Giacomo Chiesa. And so the unfashionable hippy and the former guard with faded charm embark on a riveting enquiry that brings to the surface the thousand secrets and double lives concealed behind the impenetrable curtain of middle-class hypocrisy.