Franz Bollenstein is a thug. One day, jealous of his stepdaughter Nicoletta's rich inheritance, he instructs his trusted man, Antonio Olivieri, to track down the girl who in the meantime has run away from home and to lock her up in a Swiss clinic. But Antonio falls in love with Nicoletta.
A man travels to Siena, Italy, looking for his father, a jockey whom he has never met. The father is dead, and in investigating the circumstances of the death, the son ends up involved in a plot of murder and intrigue.
From Trevico in the province of Avellino, a young man arrives in Turin to work at Fiat. Once hired, he will face harsh experiences as an immigrant and a worker.
