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.
Luigi Lo Cascio
as Domenico Lopresti
Valerio Binasco
as Angelo Cammarota
Francesca Inaudi
as Cristina di Belgiojoso
Andrea Bosca
as Angelo Cammarota (giovane)
Edoardo Natoli
as Domenico Lopresti (giovane)
Luigi Pisani
as Salvatore Tambasco
Guido Caprino
as Felice Orsini
Renato Carpentieri
as Carlo Poerio
Michele Riondino
as Saverio Tambasco
Peppino Mazzotta
as Don Carmine Lopresti
Franco Ravera
as Antonio Gomez
Stefano Cassetti
as Carlo Rudio
