Alba Rolw

Leda (played by Olivia Coleman) goes on vacation to the beach alone. On the beach, she notices a young mother and daughter and can't take her eyes off them. The striking relationship between them, as well as their noisy and unfriendly family members, made Leda feel uneasy. She recalled the fear and confusion she had when she first became a mother

Lazaro (played by Adriano Tardiolo) is a young farmer with a simple heart, while Tancredi (played by Luca Chikovani) is a haughty young nobleman. He lived in the isolated small town of Inviolata, which was owned by the Marchioness Anosina de Lou