As a child, Sicilian Placido Rizzotto saw his father imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit, and as a young man he fought in World War II, first as a soldier and then as an anti-fascist partisan. These events have left Placido with little taste for petty tyranny and with a desire to promote social justice. Upon his return home, he becomes increasingly aware that the Mafia has taken hold of his village, witnessing angry and frustrated as gangsters control local politics and take whatever they want from the people. Placido helps to form a trade union as a challenge to the Mafia's authority, and attempts to organize the villagers into a collective to grow crops in the fields taken by the Mafia.
as Placido Rizzotto
as Luciano Liggio
as Carmelo Rizzotto
as Lia
as Giovanni Pasqua
as Pasquale Criscione
as Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa
as Pio La Torre
as Tom
as Bino
as Madre di Placido
as Madre di Lia
as Saro
as Pastore
as Michele Navarra
as Peppino Palermo
as Siragusa
as Antonio Rizzotto
as Placido bambino
as Benigno
