El inspector Giuseppe Lojacono, romano de origen y siciliano de adopción, es trasladado a Nápoles para formar parte del equipo del comisario Palma, hombre de modales, policía intachable, y que a la espera de un ansiado ascenso, se le asigna un equipo de agentes que no ha elegido.

In 1914, with Italy on the cusp of joining World War I, a group of foreign artists establishes a commune on the rural island of Capri, catching the attention of young Lucia, a local illiterate shepherdess who soon falls under their spell.

In the vast rooms of a beautiful Sicilian villa, Anna receives an unexpected guest. Twenty-something Jeanne has arrived from France, declaring herself to be the girlfriend of Anna’s son, Giuseppe, who has invited her to the house to spend Easter together. But this is news to Anna, and Guiseppe is not yet there...