Naples, Italy, end of the fifties. A taciturn "carabiniere" called O'moro by his boss has the mission to arrest the thieves of the city.One morning, at the harbour, he'll meet a gipsy woman who's going to change his destiny....
A boy sets fire to his home. The father declares he's going to shoot his son, but gives him a small hope of survival: they negotiate the arrangement under which one shot will be fired. All contingencies are accounted for, except for the one that occu...