Luca Molinara gehört zu einer Organisation, die sich für den Schutz der Delphine einsetzt. Die junge Schwimmerin Angela Bandini schließt sich der Organisation an. Von Anfang an ist sie dem Meer und den Delphinen stark verbunden, was Luca sehr überrascht. Davide, der auch zu der Organisation gehört, bewundert Angela und verliebt sich in sie. Die Delphin-Gruppe kämpft aktiv gegen die örtlichen Fischer, deren Netze das Leben der Delphine stark gefährden. Während einer Nachtaktion, die Gruppe ist ausgezogen Netze durchzuschneiden, wird Davide vor den Augen Angelas getötet

Major Charles Forsythe is a Vietnam veteran U.S. Army officer stationed near Rome. He is a brutal, if effective, commander who was "fragged" by his own men in Vietnam. When he is denied promotion because of the number of men injured during his training exercises, he takes out his anger by beating his pregnant wife Sarah. She miscarries. On her release from the hospital, Sarah is determined to get back into shape and begins running. She meets Alan Morani a former Olympic runner who is a paraplegic as the result of a car accident. Morani offers to coach Sarah to run in the Rome marathon, a race which her husband has won two years in a row. Sarah realizes that winning the race is the best way to avenge the death of her baby and destroy her husband's ego.

1988 film by Sergio Martino