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==Plot==
11-year-old Rosetta and 9-year old Luciano live with their mother in the housing projects of [[Milan]]. [[Internal migration|Internal migrants]] from [[Sicily]], they face prejudice in their adopted city. Their mother is unemployed and their father has long since abandoned them. For the past two years, the mother has hired her daughter out as a prostitute. The authorities raid the place and arrest the mother and a client. The children are destined to be sent to a Catholic orphanage in [[Civitavecchia]], near [[Rome]]. Two [[carabinieri]], the rookie Antonio and an older man named Grignani are assigned the thankless task of escorting the children there by train. Grignani
The children are unruly, often fighting or running off in different directions. Luciano is sickly, doesn't eat much and rarely speaks. Rosetta is cynical, rebellious and manipulative. When they arrive at the orphanage, the priest in charge tells Antonio that the children cannot stay because Rosetta's medical record is missing. Antonio suspects that they are using this as a pretext because of her background as a prostitute.
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