Рим, 1970-ті. Молода родина Борґетті переїжджає до омріяної квартири у престижному районі. Але сім’я вже не така щаслива, як раніше. Клара намагається поєднати ролі хорошої дружини і одночасно матері трьох дітей, але напруження зростає. Найстарша донька Адріана, якій щойно виповнилося 12— найуважніший свідок сварок між батьками. На знак протесту вона відкидає свою особистість, і хоче переконати всіх, що тепер вона хлопчик, і ця впертість доводить до краю і без того тендітний сімейний баланс.

Pino Gambassi is a child suffering from haemophilia and is animated by an unbridled desire for freedom and boundless courage: he decides to start his adventure in the world and to show everyone that he can live his life like a normal kid.

Guido, an acclaimed author, leads an idyllic life with his beautiful wife and teenage daughter. But despite his seemingly perfect existence, Guido's restless search for inspiration leads him into the arms of Giulia, a charming and mysterious swim instructor, who is hiding a secret from her past.

Excerpts from the novel Donna di Messina (1949 and 1964, 1967) by Elio Vittorini (1908-1966).

Five characters from the Renaissance have dinner and talk about the state of Europe.

During the months of the pandemic, the group of inmates and the theater company began an epistolary correspondence, in the course of which the text that was supposed to be their next performance, based on a fairy tale from Basile's collection Lo cunto de li cunti, became the fantastic echo of a slow and difficult transformation that affected everyone. Thus, the film is about metamorphosis and tried to do so by putting the world of fairy tale in constant dialogue with the world of reality.