UOMO DA BRUCIARE

Salvatore vuelve a Sicilia tras vivir dos años en Roma, quiere volver a su tierra y organizar las luchas campesinas. Pero sus compañeros ya están a punto de ocupar las tierras que todavía controla la mafia. Él trata de convencerles de que la ocupación no es suficiente: las tierras deben cultivarse, porque sólo así se convertirán en propiedad efectiva de los campesinos. A pesar de haber conseguido una primera victoria sobre la mafia, pronto se verá abandonado por sus compañeros campesinos.

Salvatore returns to his native Sicily after two years in Rome, he wants to reestablish the bond with his native land, organizing the peasant struggle. But the townsfolk are already set to occupy the lands still controlled by the mafia. He tries to convince them that occupying the land is not enough: they must work the land, for only in this way will it actually become their own. Although he chalks up a first victory against the mafia, he soon finds himself abandoned by his fellow peasants.