At a farmhouse, a large family cooks mountains of food for the next day's engagement party for Silvia and her city fiancé, Angelo. Her parents feud about infidelity; an aging salesman who rents a cottage from them arrives with a young French woman; in Bologna, Angelo's mother frets that her son is marrying beneath him; his sisters are less critical. Early the next morning, the four of them go by train to the farmhouse, joined by Angelo's married, unpregnant sister. The day-long dinner is riotous, couples display affection and impatience, children chase angels. Angelo's family stays the night, and his sister Linda has a visitor. A silver elephant makes the perfect gift.
as Domenico
as Silvia
as Giulio, padre di Silvia
as Maria
as Angelo
as Olimpia
as Taddeo
as Linda, zia di Angelo
as Gina
as Amelia, madre di Angelo
as Baldo
as Valeria
as Antonia, sorella di Angelo
as Lele
as Paola
as Loretta
as Donatella
as Agusto
as Dolores
as Don Luciano
as Renata
as Marco
as Nando
as Alberto
as Elsa
