At a track near Rome, shoeshine boys are watching horses run. Two of the boys Pasquale, an orphan, and Giuseppe, his younger friend are riding. The pair have been saving to buy a horse of their own to ride...
The story of a group of Sicilian miners and their families decide to illegally cross the border to France and their hardships.
A young, by-the-book judge is appointed to a Sicilian village controlled by corrupt leaders and the mafia.
