In a farmhouse in southern Italy, an old woman dies. Her husband summons their sons: from Rome, Raffaele, a judge facing a political case for which he risks assassination; from Naples, the religious and ideological Rocco, a counselor at a correctional institute for boys; from Turin, Nicola, a factory worker involved in labor disputes. Once home, each encounters the past and engages in reveries of what may come.
Philippe Noiret
as Raffaele Giuranna
Michele Placido
as Nicola Giuranna
Vittorio Mezzogiorno
as Rocco Giuranna / Young Donato
Andréa Ferréol
as Raffaele's Wife
Maddalena Crippa
as Giovanna
Rosaria Tafuri
as Rosaria
Marta Zoffoli
as Marta
Tino Schirinzi
as Raffaeles's Friend
Simonetta Stefanelli
as Young Donato's Wife
Pietro Biondi
as 1st Judge
Charles Vanel
as Donato Giuranna
Accursio Di Leo
as 1st Friend at Bar
