Emily Delahunty is an eccentric British romance novelist who lives in Umbria in central Italy. One day while travelling, the train she is on is bombed by terrorists. After she wakes up in a hospital, she invites three of the other survivors of the disaster to stay at her Italian villa for recuperation. Of these are The General, a retired British Army veteran, Werner, a young German man, and Aimee, a young American girl who has now become mute after her parents were both killed in the explosion.
Maggie Smith
as Mrs. Emily Delahunty
Ronnie Barker
as The General
Chris Cooper
as Thomas 'Tom' Riversmith
Benno Fürmann
as Werner
Giancarlo Giannini
as Inspector Girotti
Timothy Spall
as Quinty
Libero De Rienzo
as Dr. Innocenti
Emmy Clarke
as Aimee
Cecilia Dazzi
as Rosa Crevelli
Anna Longhi
as Signora Barcini
Deirdre Harrison
as Phyllis, Aimee's Mother
Silvia De Santis
as Madeleine
