"Back home after his wife's death, a migrant labourer faces a dilemma between a high-paying job overseas and one last chance at reconnecting with his son, who sees him only as a stranger because of all his years abroad."
Giulia Rubini
as Ada
Gastone Renzelli
as Aldo
Pierre Trabaud
as Righetto
Calina Classy
as Aida
Gisella Mancinotti
as Antonietta
Luigi Russo
as Spartaco
Remo Galli
as Niccodemo
Lina Galli
as Rosa
Primo Raschi
as Il nonno
Vittoria Marone
as La nonna
Giancarlo Damiani
as Mario
Silvana Jachino
as La direttrice scolastica (uncredited)
Luigi Ceccarelli
Production Secretary
Massimo Patrizi
First Assistant Director
Alessandro Cicognini
Original Music Composer
Giorgio Gasperini
Script Supervisor
Suso Cecchi d'Amico
Screenplay
Luigi Comencini
Story
Carlo Bartolini
Marcello Gatti
Camera Operator
Paolo Spinola
Second Assistant Director
Nino Baragli
Editor
Alfredo Mirabile
Production Manager
Ovidio Del Grande
Sound
Armando Nannuzzi
Director of Photography
Pek G. Avolio
Production Design
Franco Palombi
Makeup Artist
Tonino Cervi
Producer
Mario Sertoli
Set Decoration
Director
Domenico Fazzari
Line Producer
Adriana Berselli
Costume Design
Luciano Martino
Manlio Morelli
Orlando Orsini
Unit Manager
Augusto Di Giovanni
Still Photographer