A despairing man murders his wife and his son on New Year's Eve before surrendering to the police. Placed in the custody of sexually abusive relatives, his only surviving child Vito is left free to roam the trash-strewn back streets of Naples where he and his friends engage in drug abuse, prostitution and petty crime.

• Società Cooperativa Dioniso
• Nando Triola
• Giovanni Bruno
• Pina Leone
• Mario Lenti
• Antonio Jaccarino
• Giuseppina Fusco
• Antonio Farak
• Alfredo Tassiero