When the Church decides that the patron saint of the little village Fonteparadiso never existed and St. Silvester takes his place, its inhabitants raise against this event. The new Vicar, Don Arcadio (Lucio Dalla), can't find a single person to go to the village church. But when Brambilla, a gangster from Milan, tries to steal the statue of St. Satiro because of its value, something changes.
