At the age of 40, Leila has spent her entire life caring for her parents and four brothers. A family that is constantly arguing and under pressure from various debts in the face of sanctions against Iran. While her brothers are struggling to make ends meet, Leila makes a plan.

Leo (Vittorio De Sica) is young man trying to make a living without any success. Through fortuitous circumstances, he is assigned by the director of a big firm to accompany for one night the daughter of the firm's accountant, Titi (María Mercader). Leo pretends then to be the son of a tycoon, and takes her in a luxurious restaurant.

The love story between a peasant woman and her employer.

Agouénou, a newcomer to a government agency, takes on the entrenched corruption and butts heads with the leader of the old-guard, Sénou. The film features music composed and performed by Nigerian Afrobeat luminary Fela Kuti.