On 9th May 1978 Aldo Moro, the leader of the Christian Democrats, and Peppino Impastato, a young communist activist killed by the Mafia, both died a few hours apart. Enzo, Vittorio and Antonio are three soldiers on their compulsory military service manning a checkpoint for Moro's kidnapping on a desolate road no one uses, still in the dark about everything.—C.G.
In 1978, during the kidnapping of President Aldo Moro, the Italian Army played a massive control activities in the area and, for the first time, even simple conscripts participated in operational actions with checkpoints. 'Younger brothers' is the story of one of the many days of waiting, May 9, 1978, a slow day only apparently similar to the others.—Anonymous