Ferruccio Ferri is a young passionate about camels from Carpi who manages to win for four weeks in a row in a quiz program of a local television. The manager Camillo tries to capture the ephemeral popularity of Ferruccio and arranges for him and Miriam, a wacky and off-key singer, a tour along an improbable journey by camel across the entire Po Valley.
On March 3, 1855 — 170 years ago Monday — Congress appropriated funds for the Army to buy and train camels ... As early as 1836, the idea of using camels instead of horses or mules had been floated.