과거에 갱단의 일원이었던 두 남자가 이탈리아의 기차 안에서 만난다. 평범하게 살고자 노력하지만 마피아로 활동했던 과거에 발목을 잡혀 괴로운 생활을 하는 50대의 장님 다비드는 모든 것을 정리하고자 로마에서 고향 시칠리아로 돌아가는 도중 기차 안에서 레너드 신부를 만난다. 공교롭게도 레너드 역시 왕년에 샌프란시스코에서 활동했던 갱단임을 알게 된다. 냉혈한처럼 살인을 일삼았던 과거를 회개하고 종교에 귀의해 신부가 된 레너드는 다비드와 기차에서 얘기를 나누며 다시금 지난날을 돌아보며 깨달음을 얻는다. 비극적인 인생을 살았던 두 남자, 그들은 회한과 복수심, 죄책감을 모두 떨치고 간절히 바라던 새로운 인생을 찾아갈 수 있을까...
The Milanese Donato returns from Spain, animated by the serious intention to go back to being the "ras della fossa". Second chapter of the famous 80s cult.
Young men with no future have little in the present as well. Natale is released from prison: he takes up with his friends again but none can find work. Claudio, from Palermo, gets out of juvenile detention in Naples and he's met by Vita, a girl who's come from home to run away with him. Where can they go? A young dad, whose potato stall at the market is shut down because he has no permit, takes his two small children to the beach and yells at them. Mario, gay, a prostitute in drag, gets a visit from his mom; he offers tea, then finds the water to his apartment is shut off. Social workers drop by, parole officers file reports. What hope is there? What options besides crime?
A teacher discovers his calling. Marco relocates to Palermo from Milan and takes a job teaching in a reform school while he waits for a high school position. He tries to understand and motivate his handful of students, reading them colloquial poetry, encouraging them to stand up for their rights, finding out about their histories. Natale, in for murder, enamoured of the Mafia, the King Rat within the group; Mery, a drag queen, arrested for assault when defending himself, in love with Mario and, in daylight, rejected by all; Pietro, illiterate, muscular, believing his destiny is set; the callow Claudio, vulnerable, learning to harden himself. What can Mario learn and do in such a short time?
