The film captures a moment in the daily life of the Depalma family at the Bari market in 1962. In an opening shot, the family appears in the distance with the market in the background, consisting of two women, a man and four children who look as if they have just left the market. Then, a man approaches the camera and jokingly shows a raw octopus that he is eating. Picking up the scene, one notices that the other members of the family are also consuming the same food. These images recall the Bari gastronomic tradition of raw fish, particularly octopus, which is one of the main ingredients of the local cuisine, eaten very fresh, as a typical market custom.