Ardor

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–noun 

1. great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion: She spoke [persuasively] and with ardor. 

2. intense devotion, eagerness, or enthusiasm; zeal: his well-known ardor [for] Chinese art. 

3. burning heat.  



Also, especially British, ardour.



—Synonyms 

1. fervency, spirit, earnestness, intensity.





　

The family as microcosm of a divided country: Two brothers "come of age" in late-'60s Italy, as political strife reaches their provincial Latina (a city laid out by Mussolini's government). 



A bounding prologue shows younger Accio entering adolescence in seminary school, already a waiting vessel for any guiding ideology, begging his priest to relieve him from 



the temptation of treasured wank (手淫) material. 



At home, his older brother Manrico (Riccardo Scamarcio) has become a Communist organizer, 



[with] looks and ardor scoring him plenty of revolutionary ass.





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