Isabella Salvato

Four thirtysomething college students share a flat in Florence: Leonardo pursues beautiful Letizia, Rocco moonlights as a night watchman, Bruno needs to graduate to inherit his father-in-law's business, and Pino dreams of becoming a stand-up comedian.

The Lo Giglio couple receive a visit from a man who introduces himself as an agent of the Camorra. He has come to collect the money needed to keep their son Damiano in hiding, now more than 18 years away from home. The scene repeats itself every four to five months, and this regular appointment is a way for the parents to feel close to him and hope that everything is going well.

Carpenter Arturo becomes a literary sensation when the children's stories he writes in his spare time get published, but he comes to resent success and the spotlight that comes with it. During a press tour he falls in love with beautiful married woman, Matilde.