Pizzicata

An American fighter plane is shot down over the Gulf of Salento. The only survivor is the Italian-American bomber pilot Toni Marciano, a descendent of émigrés from Apulia. He is discovered by a farmer and his three daughters who decide to hide him. Cosima, the youngest daughter, tells Toni about life in Apulia and explains the customs of the people who live there. Toni begins to fall in love with both the country and its inhabitants - and with Cosima. When they dance the romantic Apulian dance Pizzicato together, their love for each other finds expression. But Cosima also has another admirer, Pasquale. The two jealous rivals confront each other in a danced duel, the Scerma...