The film recounts the "First International Festival of Poets" held on the beach at Castelporziano in 1979, intertwining the event with symbolic and disturbing events in Italy in the late 1970s, such as the proximity to the site of Pasolini's murder and an oil spill offshore coinciding with the event.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Allen GinsbergSelf - poet | Self - poet |
 Yevgeny YevtushenkoSelf - poet | Self - poet |
| MMiguel AlgarínSelf - poet | Self - poet |
 Amiri BarakaSelf - poet | Self - poet |
 Alberto MoraviaSelf (voice archive) | Self (voice archive) |