Luigi Tagrana, a hopeless social outcast living on the industrial outskirts of northern Italy, scrapes together a meager living by gathering worms to sell as bait. His days are spent in a bleak, repetitive cycle of labor and solitude amidst a decaying landscape, moving in and out of hospitals and prisons where he is treated as a number rather than a person.
Carlo Cabrini
Luigi Tagrama, detto Vermisàt
Maria Monti
Maria
Giancarlo Badessi
Medico del pronto soccorso
Antonio Baessato
Maresciallo dei carabinieri
Bruno Biasibetti
Padrone del negozio di caccia e pesca
Alberto Borzi
Infermiere
Bruno Ciangola
Padrone di casa
Leila Durante
Padrona di casa
Bianca Maria Pinotto
Cameriera
Gualtiero Rispoli
Medico del sanatorio
Orazio Stracuzzi
Primo medico
Guido Spadea
Uomo alla mensa (uncredited)
