Giovanni Vivaldi is not very ambitious. To him, life is magnificent just the way it is. His son Mario has a promising future, and his thoughtful wife, Amália, is equally pleased with life. However, when the boy is killed by bank robbers, Giovanni is uprooted, brusquely, from his personal paradise and seized by an uncontrollable thirst for vengeance. The film was awarded the David di Donatello Prize (the Italian Oscar) for film, directing, and actor.