A sugar-refinery worker flees his Northern Italy town after a woman refuses his marriage proposal.
A tribute to Naples, this film presents six episodes: a clown exploited by a gangster, a pizza seller losing her husband’s ring, a child's funeral, a gambler beaten by a kid, a prostitute's unusual wedding, and a "wisdom seller" offering advice.
Marcellino becomes an orphan and finds two uncles--a good old eccentric man and a villain.
