The teenage boy, Giuseppe, lives with his mother in Cammarata, a Sicilian mountain village. His father left the family years ago, and has since then settled down as a guest worker in West-Germany and established a family. Under local moral rules, Maria is a so-called "white widow", who must stay faithful to her husband even if he never returns to her again. Maria and the newly arrived young doctor fall in love with each other. Their happiness is frowned upon not only by Giuseppe, but the entire village as well as the distant husband.
| Writing | Enzo Lauretta | Screenplay |
| Directing | Pál Gábor | Director |
| Camera | János Kende | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Nicola Piovani | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Lucio Battistrada | Writer |
| Writing | Pál Gábor | Writer |
| Writing | Stefano Milioto | Writer |
| Writing | Enzo Lauretta | Novel |
| Production | Gianni Minervini | Producer |
| Production | József Marx | Co-Producer |
| Editing | Katalin Kabdebó | Editor |
| Art | Enzo Eusepi | Production Design |
| Art | Enzo Eusepi | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Danda Ortona | Costume Design |
| Production | Nicolò Forte | Production Manager |
| Production | Judit Ordódy | Production Manager |
| Production | Alessandro Vivarelli | Production Manager |