In 1917, Gino Montanari, an elementary school teacher from Romagna, was forced by the principal of his school to volunteer for the First World War because of his libertine and anti-interventionist behavior. With the threat of being expelled from all schools if he refused, Gino was reluctantly sent to the front in a small outpost in Valtellina, where as a heliographer he had to transmit Morse signals with sunlight. His life would be profoundly changed by his encounter with a young illiterate man, with the enemy, and with a series of individuals from various parts of Italy.
Paolo Cevoli
as Gino Montanari
Antonio Orefice
as Aniello Pasquale
Luca Lionello
as Tenente Italo Mazzoleni
Massimo De Lorenzo
as Capitano Vadalà
Matteo Cremon
as Toni
Toomas Kaldaru
as Fritz
Giuseppe Spata
as Bocia
Nicola Adobati
as Carminati
Giuseppe Salmetti
as Gervasoni
Paola Lavini
as Elvira
Silvana Bosi
as Mamma di Gino
Ernesto Mahieux
as Preside
