Gabriele returns home in southern Italy to bid farewell to his father Ernesto, a former stationmaster in a small town not far from Bari. The old man reawakens in Gabriele memories of his childhood, of his loving mother, his uncle, his friends... but also of his father's rage and bitterness over his failure in achieving his artistic ambitions: Ernesto was convinced he was destined to be a famous painter, and was willing to sacrifice everything for this belief, even his own dignity – and this made his son swear that he wouldn't turn out like him. Only now, many years later, through chance and circumstances, Gabriele begins to understand Ernesto and to see what sort of person his father really was.
as Ernesto Rossetti
as Franca Rossetti
as Pinuccio
as Gabriele Rossetti
as Donna Valeria Giordano
as Mr. Pezzetti
as Anna
as Gabriele as a kid
as Tonino Zucca
as Professor Venusio
as Mrs. Lo Turco
as Dalò
as Graziella Parone
as Gabriele's grandfather
as Dora Spadella
as Melina Spadella
as Dottore Paruzzi
as Uomo nero
as Vedova Pavone
as Custode pinacoteca
