In late 19th-century Sicily, the noble Uzeda family—whose lineage dates back to the ancient viceroys that ruled those lands—fights to preserve its waning power in the face of the newly unified Italian regime.

Alessandro Preziosi
as Consalvo

Lando Buzzanca
as Prince Giacomo

Cristiana Capotondi
as Teresa

Guido Caprino
as Giovannino

Assumpta Serna
as Duchess Radalì

Sebastiano Lo Monaco
as Don Gaspare

Giselda Volodi
as Lucrezia

Paolo Calabresi
as Benedetto Giulente

Biagio Pelligra
as Baldassarre

Giovanna Bozzolo
as Graziella