故事发生在位于意大利那不勒斯的一个贫穷而又破败的社区之中，莉拉（卢多维卡·纳斯蒂 Ludovica Nasti 饰）和爱莲娜（艾丽莎·德尔·杰尼奥 Elisa del Genio 饰）从小就生活在那里。莉拉出生在一个专制的家庭之中，父亲是一名鞋匠。虽然莉拉在班级里是公认的天才少女，但是在父亲的坚持之下，莉拉最终放弃了学业，在鞋店里成为了帮工。　　和莉拉不同，爱莲娜在家人和老师的支持之下继续求学，虽然和莉拉走上了截然不同的人生道路，但爱莲娜的目光始终凝聚在莉拉的身上。在十六岁那一年，莉拉嫁给了苦苦追求她的富家子弟斯代凡诺（乔万尼·阿穆拉 Giovanni Amura 饰），可是等待着她的却并非美好的婚姻生活。

Cosimo, a buffalo farmer, refuses to sell off his land to the family of the young mayor candidate. When he finds out he has a tumour caused by all the toxic waste that are illegally disposed of in the fields of the so-called “Land of Fires”, his wife decides to carry on his battle.　　Diego OlivaresDiego Olivares (1965) is a Neapolitan director, scriptwriter and dialogues writer. After directing some short films he embarks in the making of a documentary about the closing of the Frullone psychiatric hospital in Naples, Gli ultimi giorni del Frullone – Cronache da un manicomio nel 2000. In 2003, he directs his first feature film I chinghiali di Portici. In 2014, he directs the short film Canemalato produced by Figli del Bronx for Sky Cinema.