Gaetano Amata

As Garibaldi's troops begin the unification of Italy in the 1860s, an aristocratic Sicilian family grudgingly adapts to the sweeping social changes undermining their way of life.

Prior to a city council election, the collapse of a building leaves a land developer and his political backers defending themselves against a scandal.

After many years, a widowed Countess meets a former lover who lives with his daughter and her tutor.