Originally released as based on the novel Storia di Enza,[1] which was written and adapted by the film's director, Aurelio Grimaldi.

[3][4] It also features Stefano Dionisi, Lorenza Indovina and Marco Leonardi.

The film was originally released in Italian entitled La Ribelle.

Enza, 16, a dropout, is arrested with her older sister, Rosaria, for shoplifting.

On the first Sunday when she is allowed a pass, she goes to bed with Sebastiano, a young street vendor who chats her up.