Tomas Milian, Macha Méril, Lidia Biondi, Luigi Maria Burruano, Lorenzo Cannatella, Francesca Orestano, Giuseppe Palumbo, Enzo Fontana, Andrea Fonti, Giovan Battista Lo Galbo
In a well appointed villa in Bagheria, near Palermo, a couple, Silvio and Leda Pataneo, spend their days attempting to complete a novel, making love, and caring for a citrus grove that the local townfolk want to acquire. All framed against a political backdrop of class and cultural differences.