The film offers a precise and detailed narration of the facts and people who, starting in 1968, worked to bring about an epochal turning point in the customs and social life of Italy.The birth of the movement had its roots in the famous revolt which took place at the University of California, Berkeley a few years earlier, arriving by way of the events in Paris, and ending in the various forms of politicization it assumed, even radicalizing into forms of armed conflict. The narration also makes use of numerous interviews with historic leaders of the student movement, including: Capanna, Pifano, Piperno, and Bendit.