Emiliya-Romanya, Severnaya Italiya, 1924 god. Redenta rodilas v kommune Kastrokaro v den ubiystva sotsialista Dzhakomo Matteotti, chto oznamenovalo nachalo fashizma. V derevne hodyat sluhi, chto na ney porcha. Bruno, lyubimyy drug detstva, kotoryy obeschal zhenitsya na ney, nesmotrya na ee izurodovannuyu poliomielitom nogu, ischezaet bez prichiny. I kogda kapitan legiona fashistov po prozvischu Glaz vybiraet ee v kachestve nevesty, ego sadizm ne mozhet zaglushit v ney zhelanie spasat: snachala drugie, a posle ya.
Zhizn Redenty peresekaetsya s zhiznyu Iris, partizankoy v gruppe legendarnogo komandira Diasa. No ta skryvaet koe-chto vazhnoe. . .
