In 1920s Bagheria, Giuseppe 'Peppino' Torrenuova works as a shepherd to financially help his poor family. Over the next fifty years, Giuseppe's life, as well as the life of the village, is observed. Giuseppe grows up, joins the Communist Party, marries a local girl, has children, and forges a political career for himself.
as Peppino
as Mannina
as Tana
as Sarina adulta
as Sarina
as Nino Terranuova
as Luigi Scalia
as Ciccio Terranuova
as Pietro da Ragazzo
as don Giacinto
as Matilde
as giornalista romano
as affarista
as maestro di catechismo
as Onofrio Pace
as farmacista
as studentessa
as Corteccia
as merciaia
as venditore dollari
as Renato Guttuso
as Giacomo Bartolotta
as Liborio
as insegnante
as giovane con sindrome di Down
as Minicu
as Podestà
as capo comico
as ragazza del muratore
as maestro delle commissione esami
as esponente PCI
as allevatore
as padrone del magazzino di limoni
as Alberto Lattuada
as Alberto Sordi
as Ignazio Buttitta
as Gaspare
as sposa
as sindaco
as compagno di partito
as ragazza all'uliveto
as Ciccio giovane
as Carrù Mina
as piccolo proprietario
as Balbuziente
as Direttore regionale PCI
as Reporter del Giornale L'Ora
as invitata
as uomo della DC
as Municipal Guard
as capo della Cgil
as Padrona di casa
as Donna Bastiana
as Il fidanzato di Mannina
as Rosalia
as Rosa
as maniscalco
as bidello
as la vicina di Sarina
as Capo squadra
as Gelataio
as Uomo forte
as Fifetto
as Cicco's neighbour 1
as Barbiere
