In 1917, Gino Montanari, an elementary school teacher from Romagna, was forced by the principal of his school to volunteer for the First World War because of his libertine and anti-interventionist behavior. With the threat of being expelled from all schools if he refused, Gino was reluctantly sent to the front in a small outpost in Valtellina, where as a heliographer he had to transmit Morse signals with sunlight. His life would be profoundly changed by his encounter with a young illiterate man, with the enemy, and with a series of individuals from various parts of Italy.
as Gino Montanari
as Aniello Pasquale
as Tenente Italo Mazzoleni
as Capitano Vadalà
as Toni
as Fritz
as Bocia
as Carminati
as Gervasoni
as Elvira
as Mamma di Gino
as Preside
as Nunzio
