A Sicilian family whose father, a superstitious tyrant, deprives his daughter even of the right to love. A monastery where the monks live in sin with women lovers. The rise of politics as a tool of oppression, chameleonlike expediency and corruption. This is the plot of The Viceroys, taken from a novel that set off a scandal at the end of the nineteenth century, when it was written by Federico De Roberto. The film tells of the obsessions, avidity, hate and betrayals of a caste clutching to power, willing to change sides at a moment’s notice and hop on the bandwagon of every winner.