One promise is one promise.

Gaetano decided that he would bury his deceased brother with his family at all costs, even if it meant defying the laws of his Sicilian village and putting himself and his family in danger.

A Sicilian filmmaker is contacted by a local producer to shoot a film about an important character in the province of Catania. Realizing that the project is not in line with his artistic message, he declines. However, the producer is not one to be turned down, forcing him to make the film under threat of death.