After years spent under the yoke of her violent and mafioso husband, Nunzia flees to Switzerland in search of shelter. Along the way, she crosses paths with her husband's henchman, Aitano. It transpires that he's a lover absolutely besotted with her.
At the beginning of the First World War, many Italian emigrants, especially in South America, felt that Italy was in the throes of falling into the hands of the Austro-Hungarian empire. When King Vittorio Emanuele II decides to wage war on this empire, these emigrants, forced to leave Italy years...
