The film spans forty years of Italian and Sicilian History, from 1934 to the death of Aldo Moro, through the story of Francesco-an honest, life-loving man of rights and duties-who recounts his life by writing long letters to his father, who left for America when he was a child. But, among dollars his father himself sends to his family in Sicily, there is no response. From his youth during the war, to running for mayor of his own town, Francesco's life is a cross-section of the History of Italy and Sicily. The story of a man who grew up without a father and became the Father of all his citizens. (Source: official Italian synopsis translated with Deepl)