Right after the war, amidst the rubble of a Naples bent by misery, little Carmine and Celestina try to survive as best they can, helping each other. One night, they embark as illegal immigrants on a ship bound for New York to live with Celestina’s sister who had emigrated years earlier.
The two children join the many Italian emigrants seeking their fortune in America and arrive in an unknown metropolis, which, after many adventures, they learn to call home.