Lombardy, 1628, a time of oppressive Spanish occupation of Northern Italy, and of the Thirty Years\' War.
Will they ever be able to find happiness together?.
Their dangerous journey in exile takes them through one of the most dramatic epochs in Italian history, filled with war, famine and plague.
However, the villainous Don Rodrigo has designs on Lucia, and the lovers are forced to flee their village.
The young lovers Lorenzo and Lucia, both from peasant families, are planning their wedding.
Lombardy, 1628, a time of oppressive Spanish occupation of Northern Italy, and of the Thirty Years\' War