Based on same titled novel of Dritero Agolli. Mato Gruda has been feuding with the old man Mere Fizi. Mato finds a cannon in the forest during the war and keeps it in a hidden place dreaming to use it against Fizies. He hosts an Italian soldier as prisoner at home and calls him Agush (because Augusto is too complicated for Mato). Agush becomes his teacher to use this war weapon. Dramatic events of his village convince Mato to use the cannon against the country's enemy, instead, but is killed during the battle and now his son fires the cannon against the occupiers.