
The apathetic existence of forty-year-old Giovanni Percolla from Catania is shaken only by his marriage to the marquise Ninetta and his move to Milan, although a brief return to Sicily is enough for him to rediscover the indolence of his philosophy of life.

Leopoldo Trieste
Ciccio

Lucia Guzzardi
Barbara
Giuditta Lelio
Lucia

Domenico Modugno
Giovanni Percolla

Rosanna Schiaffino
Ninetta

Vittorio Congia
Saretto