Security (2021) Plot Summary & Ending Explained

Roberto Santini finally pieces together the night Maria Spezi was assaulted. The surveillance tapes that should have proved everything have been erased, but Roberto knows that the real perpetrator is the town’s powerful politician, Curzio Pilati. Pilati, crippled by an obsessive fear of contamination, cannot tolerate physical contact; instead he watches women through hidden cameras and forces his henchman Dario Nobile to bring them to his villa. When Pilati tries to push the boundary with Maria, he drugs her coffee, orders Dario to have his way with her, and, after Dario walks away, Pilati’s phobia drives him to brutally assault her himself. Dario later testifies, confirming Pilati’s culpability.

The tragedy is compounded by the fate of Roberto’s own family. Years earlier, their daughter Angela was mistakenly thought to have been assaulted by Walter Spezi, a drunk former technician, when in fact she had merely witnessed him urinating behind a carousel. The misunderstanding led to Walter’s dismissal and eventual death at the hands of police, an event that haunts Roberto. Angela, meanwhile, has been quietly involved with Stefano Tommasi, the English professor who, though not a monster, has been complicit in Pilati’s schemes for the sake of money and a promised biography.