Salvatore and Rosalino are sentenced to death by the Mafia because they are accused of having seduced the daughters of a boss. As they are about to be shot they manage to escape with the two girls.

On a cruise to celebrate their parents' 30th wedding anniversary, a brother and sister deal with the impact of family considerations on their romantic lives.

Maria, wearing her blue dress, boyish shoes and her hair tied in a loose bun, after years of silence, returns to her father's home where she finds a little girl again.