When his destituite widowed sister-in-law—whom he had never stopped harbouring feelings for—and her ne'er-do-well son come to live with him after World War II, a mentally-ill farmer who spends all his time destroying unexploded ordnance scattered across the countryside finds a new purpose in his lonely life.
Antonio Albanese
as Giordano Ricci
Neri Marcorè
as Nino Ricci
Katia Ricciarelli
as Lilliana Vespero
Angela Luce
as Suntina Ricci
Marisa Merlini
as Eugenia Ricci
Robert Madison
as Enzo Fiermonte
Toni Santagata
as Ugo di Dante
Sandro Dori
as Notaio Colliva
Mia Benedetta
as Mariagrazia Colliva
Edoardo Romano
as Uomo che affitta il treno
Manuela Morabito
as Estrellita De Navasquez
Gilberto Idonea
as Camionista