Overview
Widowed shopkeeper Cesira and her 13-year-old daughter Rosetta flee from the allied bombs in Rome during the second World War; they travel to the remote village where Cesira was born. During their journey and in the village and onward, the mother does everything she can to protect Rosetta. Meanwhile, a sensitive young intellectual, Michele, falls in love with Cesira.
Cast
Cesira
Michele Di Libero
Giovanni
Rosetta
Filippo, il padre di Michele
un fasciste
un fermier
Maria
La madre impazzita
une évacuée
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