Note General : It is going to be a cold winter in Rocklin, Colorado for the family of Svevo Bandini. The immigrant italian bricklayer is spending his money at the imperial poolhall and his time at the widow hildegarde's. His angelic wife Maria stays at home, cleaning, praying, freading the arrival of her fearsome mother. Their youngest son Arturo dreams desperately of baseball, the movies, girls-everything American ; and even Rosa Pinelli, who is italian but can't help it either...