Marshal Antonio Carotenuto is sent to Sagliena an imaginary little village in the center of Italy in the '50s to assume his new mandate. In the village he knows Maria (Frisky) AKA 'la Bersagliera' secretly in love with a policeman (Carabiniere) reporting to Antonio. But also Paoletta the priest's nephew loves him. Things become more complicated when Annarella the midwife starts demonstrating her love to Antonio. She is hiding a secret and the Marshal soon will be in a restless situation.