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