Vigata, 1940. On the evening of June 11th, the day after Italy entered the war, which the whole nation welcomed as a "winning lottery ticket," Michelangelo Ragusano suddenly appeared at the "Faso & Famiglia" club after five years of exile due to the systematic slander of the glorious fascist regime.

As expected, no one greeted him, but tensions quickly rose and harsh words began to be exchanged, until the moment when Don Emanuele Persico, a ninety-six-year-old member of the fascist organization from its inception, suffered a stroke.

Ragusano had provocatively asked him, "Does the name Antonio Cannitello mean anything to you?" Someone knelt down, pressed his ear against the old man's heart, and solemnly said, "He died."