Antonio Barracano is a “man of honor” who distinguishes between “decent people and scoundrels.” Around him flourishes a fierce, ambiguous and pained humanity, where good and evil confront each other.
A poor, seventeen-year-old Neapolitan girl, determined to get more from life than fate had in store for her, finds new hope when the circus comes to her town.
A thirteen-year-old introvert becomes friends with a confident, independent girl, and they form a bond tied to a shocking secret.
Driven by a strange obsession, the suave bachelor Archibaldo de la Cruz pursues a life of crime while attempting to relive a childhood incident in which he experienced erotic pleasure in the face of death.