
In 1950s Sicily, con artist Joe Moretti does screen tests for the big studios, accepting money or favours for his efforts. A young illiterate novitiate named Beata desperately wants to change her life and falls for him; belatedly, he realizes his feelings for her. However, their love affair is doomed when he's arrested.

as Joe Morelli (Giuseppe Romolo)

as Beata

as Brigadier Mastropaolo

as Mute

as Vito

as Anna's mother

as Prince

as Princess

as 1st Badalamenti

as Grandpa Bordonaro

as Communal Functionary

as 1st Mafioso (as Mimmo Gennaro)

as Flirtatious Client

as Nurse

as The Collector

as Old Man in Wheelchair

as Peasant on Bus

as Photographer

as Santina

as Pinuccia

as Clapboard Kid

as 1st Nasca Brother

as 2nd Nasca Brother

as Pio Li Fusi

as 2nd Mafioso

as Bordonaro Jr.

as Cinema Cashier

as 2nd Badalamenti

as Mafia Boss Realzisa

as Zu' Leonardo

as Boy with Garabaldino

as 1st Carabiniere

as Cosimo Millelire

as Prostitute (as Rori Quatrocchi)

as Barber

as Anna

as 1st Friend

as 2nd Friend

as 3rd Friend

as 1st Man in Club

as 2nd Man in Club

as 3rd Man in Club

as Don Lucio

as Innkeeper

as Mayor

as Vitti Na Crozza

as Man Quoting Mussolini

as Village Idiot

as Young Farm Laborer

as Peasant by the River

as Tavern Boy

as Armless Man

as Carwash Man

as Band Master

as Partisan

as 1st Warehouse Man

as 2nd Warehouse Man

as Hitman (uncredited)

as Architect Panebianco (uncredited)

as Pimp (uncredited)

as D'Azzò the Shepherd (The Star Man) (uncredited)