The film combines actual footage of Communist leader Palmiero Togliatti's funeral with the intermingled stories of four people affected by his death: Ettore, a Venezuelan radical who abandons the wealthy Italian woman he loves to go back to his country and help his cause; Ludovico, an ailing filmmaker who finds out that art alone is not enough; Giulia, a woman who embarks upon a lesbian affair with a former mistress of her husband; and Ermanno, a philosophy graduate who breaks up with his past.
as Ermanno
as Ludovico
as Giovanna
as Giulia
as Ettore
as Paola
as Ludovico's Mother
as Ermanno's Mother
as Ermanno's Father
as (uncredited)
as Muzio
