两个小孩跟随父母回意大利故乡，探望隐居多年的祖父马西姆，旅途中，父亲开始给孩子们讲述200年来困绕家族的传说——被诅咒的金币。早在拿破仑军队入侵意大利的时代，贝利德迪家族的女孩艾利莎贝塔与一个法国士兵让相爱了，但哥哥克拉多偷走了让看守的金币，让最终惨被军队枪决……While travelling to visit their grandfather, two children are told the story of a family curse that has lasted two hundred years. During Napoleon's Italian invasion, Elisabetta Benedetti fell in love with French soldier Jean - but while Jean was distracted, Elisabetta's brother Corrado stole some gold that Jean was guarding, and set the curse in train. The Benedettis become wealthy, corrupt and hated by their former friends, who rename them the Maledettis - the cursed. The childrens' grandfather Massimo is the last man to be directly affected by the curse - but will he pass it onto them?
