A recently laid off steel mill worker in a little seaside town starts losing his wife to a local TV anchor.
In 18th-century Sicily, deaf-mute highborn Marianna Ucrìa is forced to marry at age 13, bearing three children before even turning 16, when she finally gives birth to a boy. Despite everything, she'll find a way to emancipate herself from the oppressive social conventions of the time.
The life of a rootless insurance agent starts falling apart.
