故事发生在二战结束前，有情人阿图罗和芙洛拉迫于女方父亲的压力无法结婚，因为他已经把女儿许配给了西西里岛的一个黑帮成员。阿图罗只有一个选择，就是入伍攻回西西里，夺回自己的爱人。

The protagonist, after years spent in war-torn Syria, decides to return to Italy, to finally put behind his terrible experiences, and regain his life.　　But in order to do so, he will have to pay a very high price.