Women wait anxiously at a minehead in Capodarso, Sicily. Their men are underground. The mine is closing and the miners refuse to come up unless the owner relents. After three days,
托托（法朗西斯哥·克丽萨诺 Francesco Golisano 饰）在很小的时候就遭到了父母的抛弃，幸运的是，他遇见了善良的老婆婆罗洛塔（埃玛·克瑞姆悌克 Emma Gramatica 饰），两人相依为命，度过了一段充满了温馨与快乐的幸福岁月。然而好景不长，罗洛塔死后，托托的生活再度陷入了困境之中……
