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Based on true events and featuring actual news footage, this film tells the story of Placido Rizzotto (Marcello Mazzarella), who, after a tumultuous childhood and adolescence, decides to stand up against the gangsters who have overrun his hometown. Placido organizes a union and tries to convince his fellow villagers to fight with him. But it's not until Placido's girlfriend, Lia (Gioia Spaziani), is ruthlessly brutalized by the Mafia that he realizes he has been playing with fire.