The writer Alberto, supported by his wife Elsa, is writing a novel centered on a common woman from Ciociaria, Cesira, during World War II. The story...

Along the way, a truck with the secretary of the fascist militia follows Cesira and Rosetta and offers to escort them to Santa Eufemia. Less than an...

While the train journey continues, the fascist realizes that Rosetta is spying for him. Having come to his senses, he goes to her compartment and...