Un ex-partisano, pasada ya la guerra, rememora sus hazañas junto a un compañero. Se enamorará de la hija de éste, huyendo con ella pese a estar ya casado.

Davide Camporesi is the owner of the "Tornerai" pension in Cesenatico which he manages together with his wife Elvira and daughter Carletta, and which mainly welcomes German tourists. One day, during a trip to the countryside to buy wine, Davide meets Vindice Forattini, a former partisan comrade whom he had not seen for 30 years and who now sells agricultural feed together with his attractive daughter Cesarina. During the meeting, Davide is deeply impressed by Cesarina, and invites her to stay at the family pension. But things soon get out of hand to Davide, who finds himself romantically involved.

Davide e Vindice, due ex partigiani, si incontrano per caso dopo trent'anni. Il primo finirà per innamorarsi della figlia del secondo, Cesarina: la fuga della coppia creerà contrasti tra le due famiglie,