When a group of African immigrants builds a cardboard village between the pews of a church soon to be closed, an elderly priest must choose between his calling and his orders.
Ermanno OlmiDirector
Old Priest
Sacristan
Officer
Doctor
Rescuer
Magdha
Fatima
Bard
Cherub
Opposition
Mother
Father
Child - Miriam
Child - Witness
Child - Son
Secluded Man
Intellectual
Yonas
Marco
Neto
Michael
Ekhator
Girl
Another Child
Woman
Newborn Child
Security Guard
Transshipper
Soldier