Giuseppe Pavoni, an Italian bachelor in search of better times, moves to Germany and finds work at the railroad in the city of Ulm. He works hard, learning the railroad trade, keeps to himself and dreams of a day he can return home to Italy. But years go by quickly. Now in retirement, and still in Germany, he lives a life of a recluse in an abandoned railroad house. Until one day, retired from the railroad, like Giuseppe, a wagon and locomotive are...