Il peccato di Loreta

Nestled atop a gentle hill in the lush valleys of Friuli, the two‑storey villa of the Sant’Angelo family has watched over the landscape for more than seventy years. Its balcony frames a sweeping panorama of villages, distant castles and the rolling hills that have shaped the lives of the locals. The Sant’Angelos, known for their hard work and generosity, have built a modest fortune from a humble coffee shop that once buzzed with the town’s gossip and poetry.

The family patriarch, a shrewd yet modest man, turned his small enterprise into a thriving estate, always guided by the principle that one must consider what will be left behind. His two children, Camilla—now married to a respectable cloth merchant—and Giovanni, a bright medical graduate from Padua, embody his hopes for the future. Yet the younger son feels the pull of his university days, his lofty ideals clashing with the quiet rhythms of rural life.

When a long‑buried secret surfaces, the tranquil world of the Sant’Angelos is quietly shaken. The revelation forces the family to confront hidden desires and the weight of a sin that threatens to unravel the harmony they have long cherished.