
The film recounts the tragedy of Istrian and Dalmatian exiles following the post-war armistice. Maddalena is eighteen years old and lives in Canfanaro, Istria, dreaming of becoming a painter. First the fury of war and then Tito's partisans destroy her family and her dreams.

Andrea Pennacchi
Antonio Braico

Grace Kicaj
Maddalena Braico

Eugenio Franceschini
Leo

Clotilde Sabatino
Bina Braico
Costantino Seghi
Niccolò Braico
Settimo Palazzo
Miran

Elisabetta De Palo
Nonna Mimma

Ettore Belmondo
Sergio Visentin

Fausto Maria Sciarappa
Giorgio Braico

Lorenzo Acquaviva
Don Ugo
Giorgio Amodeo
Tiziano Bardus

Giovanni James Bertoia

Antonio Buonanno
Maresciallo Capuozzo
Diego Carli
Romano