Fabio struggles with a cumbersome father and a capricious and spoiled little sister who consider him a good for nothing, a “vegetable” in fact....

Nevia, a 17-years-old girl from a poor trailer park family in Naples, joins a circus, trying to escape from her situation.

Arturo Meraviglia is a theatrical impresario in difficulty. He must take care of Gioele and Rebecca, two children "inherited" by an old uncle. When...