Synopsis
Sicilia. Marco, a young elementary teacher living in Rome, accepts to teach in a little town in Sicily where he has to stay for a year. In Sicily he meets Salvatore, an orphan who has big responsibilities. He lives in a little house by the sea with his grandmother and his little sister Mariuccia. He takes care of them, fishing and working in his father’s tomato hothouse. His work and his responsibilities don’t allow him to go to school. The teacher is touched by Salvatore’s situation and helps him giving him private lessons. They soon become inseparable.
Gian Paolo Cugno