Matteo Scuro is a retired Sicilian bureaucrat, a widower with five children, all of whom live on the mainland and hold responsible jobs. He decides to surprise each with a visit and finds none as he imagined.
Marcello Mastroianni
as Matteo Scuro
Valéria Cavalli
as Tosca
Michèle Morgan
as Femme dans le train
Marino Cenna
as Canio
Norma Martelli
as Norma
Domenico Gennaro
as Le mari de Norma
Salvatore Cascio
as Alvaro enfant
Roberto Nobile
as Guglielmo
Jacques Perrin
as Alvaro adulte
Antonella Attili
as Angela, la défunte femme de Matteo
Leo Gullotta
as L'homme armé sur le toit d'un immeuble de Naples
Nicola Di Pinto
as Le portier de l'hôtel de Naples