Cecilia is a commoner who runs an inn where the specialty is the spaghetti alla carbonara Moreover the woman is tied to the movement of young patriots named Carbonari who want a united Italy and are struggling against the power of the pope Cecilia believes she lost her husband in a fatal accident and has made a new lover Fabrizio who is also a patriot One day the guys saved by a monk when he is about to be imprisoned by the soldiers of Cardinal Rivarola The monk is the husband of Cecilia not dead in the accident and now he helps her to fight against the power of Rome with the Carbonari