Italy 1860, at the dawn of the Italian state and its stringent laws, a penniless laborer named Terenzio Grossi assembles a band of outlaws who, with the complicity of a tired and hungry populace, will try to subvert the new authority. This is the story of Terenzio Grossi and his band, a proud and unstoppable leader, the story of a man who had the courage to raise his head when everyone was silent.