In this wartime saga, a Sicilian immigrant, Pichi La Poppa, who is a local tailor in a small town, affectionately known around town as "Mr. Pants", wrestles with his duty to his new country and his love of his birth home in Sicily, where his family farmed corn and nuts. Can he shake off his lingering duty to homeland? Can he complete the paperwork to become clean of his roots? Can he flush away his troubles and complete his transition to citizenship?