Amid the social upheavals of 1860s Sicily, the aristocratic Salina family tries to preserve their status. However, as the Prince of Salina refuses to take active steps to halt the decline of his fortunes, his nephew decides to marry the daughter of a bourgeois landowner to preserve his own position.
Amid the social upheavals of 1860s Sicily, the aristocratic Salina family tries to preserve their status. However, as the Prince of Salina refuses to take active steps to halt the decline of his fortunes, his nephew decides to marry the daughter of a bourgeois landowner to preserve his own position.
