In an Italian coastal village in 1949, Marcello Romero, son of a poor fisherman, dreams of the beautiful Elana Gamboccini. His chances of getting a date with her are slim as his rival, Armond Cessero, is the son of an ice-cream magnate. Nevertheless, Marcello follows the village tradition and tries to find a gift for her father in an attempt to win his daughter's hand. Remembering the butcher's cockerel that wakes Elena's father every morning, Marcello thinks that he's … mehrfound the perfect present. But how is he to obtain a cockerel that no one wants to sell? And even then, at how high a price? This work is now a major international film. weniger