Luca Cupiello lives with the wife Concetta the son Tommasino and a brother Pasquale The son is wild living by gimmicks and stealing from his uncle the daughter Ninuccia does not get along with her husband Nicolino and plans to run away with her lover Vittorio the wife tries to hide her familys troubles from her husband Luca who silently suffers the family situation takes refuge in setting up the Nativity scene