At the end of the 1950s in Africo, a small village in the southern valley of Aspromonte, a woman dies in childbirth because a doctor fails to arrive on time. No road connects Africo with the other villages. In the wake of this tragedy, all of Africo’s citizens -including children - abandon their usual occupations and unite to build their own road. Giulia, the new schoolteacher, comes from the North with a mission to teach standard Italian to help bring cultural cohesion with Africo and the rest of Italy. But she will have to contend with the local mafioso Don Totó, who is determined to ensure this the town remains cut off, and thus, under his power.
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
as Giulia
Francesco Colella
as Peppe
Marcello Fonte
as Ciccio Italia
Marco Leonardi
as Cosimo
Sergio Rubini
as Don Totò
Elisabetta Gregoraci
as Maria
Romina Mondello
as Cicca
Carlo Marrapodi
as Massaro Salvatore
Fabrizio Gifuni
as
Fulvio Lucisano
as Anziano ritornato ad Africo
