Diego is a troubled runaway who tries to make something out of himself by joining a swimming team and competing in national tryouts and champion races which takes a turn when he is struck by a terminal illness and attempts to find a way to beat it.
| Directing | Ruggero Deodato | Director |
| Production | Giorgio Carlo Rossi | Producer |
| Camera | Claudio Cirillo | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Daniele Alabiso | Editor |
| Sound | Ubaldo Continiello | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Carmelo Patrono | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Carmelo Patrono | Costume Design |
| Production | Giovanni Masini | Production Manager |
| Production | Libero Balduini | Line Producer |
| Writing | Ruggero Deodato | Story |
| Writing | Roberto Gandus | Story |
| Writing | Roberto Gandus | Screenplay |
| Writing | Tito Carpi | Screenplay |
| Directing | Lamberto Bava | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Rossana Rocchi | Script Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Goffredo Calisse | Makeup Artist |
| Editing | Ivana Boggian | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Rosanna Landi | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Alfredo Menchini | Assistant Editor |
| Production | Vito Di Bari | Unit Manager |
| Production | Angelo Scacco | Production Secretary |
| Production | Franco Rossi | Production Secretary |
| Production | Ernesto Poli | Administration |
| Sound | Davide Magara | Sound |
| Sound | Gianni Ruggiero | Boom Operator |
| Camera | Oddone Bernardini | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Maurizio Zampagni | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Paolo Cavicchioli | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Alessandro Carlotto | Still Photographer |
| Lighting | Bruno Angeletti | Gaffer |
| Camera | Luigi Ietto | Key Grip |
