[1] It is based on a non-fiction book by Carlo Bonini and Giuliano Foschini and inspired by the true story of Rosa Di Fiore, the first pentita of the Gargano Mafia.

In this period of apparent calm Andrea, Michele Malatesta's favorite son and heir to the clan, falls in love with Marilena, wife of the boss Santo Camporeale, who is currently on the run.

Marilena in turn falls in love with Andrea but, aware of being married and of the rivalry between the two families , only apparently dormant, she decides to see him only clandestinely.

The relationship soon becomes public knowledge and the two lovers are forced to flee, but the Camporeales take their revenge by killing Michele and so the two families, despite Don Vincenzo Montanari's attempts at mediation, return to war.

To pay homage to his father killed by the rival clan, Andrea is forced to return home together with Marilena who, driven out of the Camporeales for her betrayal and a prisoner in the Malatesta house, is carrying a child and collides with a harsh and bloody reality.