An Italian-American neighborhood in Louisiana is disturbed when truck driver
Rosario Delle Rose is killed by police while smuggling. His buxom widow
Serafina miscarries, then over a period of years draws more and more into
herself, trying to force her lovely teenaged daughter Rosa to do likewise. On
one eventful day, Rose finally breaks away; Serafina learns of Rosario's
affair
with another woman; and a new carefree, handsome Italian truck driver
enters her life...