During a debate in Naples' town hall in the early 1980s, Pasquale Picone, a former steel-worker who has recently lost his job, sets himself on fire in front of the Municipal Council.
Giancarlo Giannini
as Salvatore Cannavacciuolo
Lina Sastri
as Luciella Picone
Aldo Giuffrè
as Cocò
Leo Gullotta
as Sgueglia
Marzio Honorato
as Micione
Carlo Croccolo
as Barone Armato
Clelia Rondinella
as Teresa
Armando Marra
as Troncone
Gerardo Scala
as cieco fuochista
Tommaso Palladino
as Pasquale Picone
Renato Rutigliano
as cassiere della macelleria
Gino Briglione
as macellaio
