Unknown to most and merely mentioned in history books, Anna Marsich Bandiera acquires a special role in the history of the Italian Risorgimento not only for being the mother of the Bandiera brothers shot in the Vallone di Rovito di Cosenza but also for understanding and knowing the family and historical-social environment of the time. The quiet life of the Venetian noblewoman, firm in her ideals of loyalty to Austria, is upset by the madness of her two sons who, exiled in Corfu, pursue ideals of unity and freedom from foreigners. She will begin her journey in the Italy of the Risorgimento that will always take her incognito up to Cosenza where she will see, alas, Attilio...