Pater familias

After ten years in prison, 30-year-old Matteo is released for 24 hours so that he can visit his dying father. In a series of flashbacks that confuse at first, we discover not only why Matteo is behind bars, but what has happend to that gang of scungnizzi (Neapolitan youths) he used to hang out with. It soon becomes apparent that prison has kept Matteo alive, while his four friends are all dead. One of the few survivors of his past is Rosa, the girl he should have had but did not, now locked into a loveless and abusive marriage. Matteo uses what is left of his day out to do one good thing for Rosa and her daughter.