1943-1959

In 1943, Salvatore, a 13 years old young man living in Corleone, finds a bomb while working in the fields with his father. Salvatore's father tries to get gunpowder for shells to sell to hunters and get something to supplement his meager salary as a laborer. The bomb explodes and kills him. Salvatore becomes the head of his family with whom he is forced to live in poverty.