Bread, Love and Dreams

The middle-aged marshal Antonio Carotenuto (Vittorio De Sica) is sent to a remote (fictional) Italian mountain village named Sagliena, to assume his new mandate. The marshal is anxious to marry, and when he knows the young Maria “Frisky” De Ritis (Gina Lollobrigida) he selects her as his bride. Unfortunately Frisky is already secretly in love with Antonio’s shy subordinate Roberto Risso. In the meantime Annarella (Marisa Merlini), the midwife, starts demonstrating his love to Antonio, but she’s hiding a secret…