Rocklin Colorado, 1925. A hard cold winter. Young Arturo Bandini loves his father Svevo, his mother Maria and his brothers. Even though his bricklayer father wastes the little money he has in the Imperial Poolhall and his time with the rich American widow, Hildegarde. Even though his beautiful and pious mother lets his father get away with that, even if his little brother wets the bed. Arturo loves them all. He also loves to play baseball, even though he has to wait until spring. And he also loves the movies ... and Rosa. But she doesn't love him ...

Afin d'aider sa famille à affronter le rude hiver de 1925 dans le Colorado, un maçon italien au chômage enchaîne les petits boulots pour le compte d'une veuve fortunée.

Die Weihnachtszeit in Rocklin, Colorado, gerät bei den Bandinis, italienischen Einwanderern in ärmlichen Verhältnissen, zur großen Krise. Svevo, der Vater des jungen Arturo Bandini, verliebt sich in die reiche Witwe Hildegarde, und seine Frau kratzt ihm aus Eifersucht beinahe die Augen aus. Und auch der vierzehnjährige Arturo wandelt auf Freiersfüßen. Doch die schöne Rosa, die er anbetet, will von ihm nichts wissen ...

În 1925, un zidar italian șomer se chinuie să-și ajute familia să treacă peste o iarnă grea în Colorado, făcând mici slujbe pentru o văduvă înstărită din zonă.

Nostálgico drama sobre una familia de inmigrantes en Colorado durante los años veinte.