1828. In the wake of the repression of revolutionary uprisings in the monarchist South, three young friends join Giuseppe Mazzini's patriotic cause, seeking to finally unify Italy under a republican government. Their idealism will clash with the inevitable disillusionment as they grow apart over the following fifty years.

• Palomar
• Les Films d'Ici
• Luigi Lo Cascio
• Valerio Binasco
• Francesca Inaudi
• Andrea Bosca
• Edoardo Natoli
• Luigi Pisani
• Guido Caprino
• Renato Carpentieri