Nadia Carlomagno

Peppino is an aging taxidermist constantly ridiculed for being short and somewhat creepy. He meets Valerio, a handsome young man fascinated by Peppino's work. Peppino, in turn, becomes entranced by Valerio and offers him a large salary to come work as his assistant. But when Valerio meets Deborah, their fledgling romance is threatened by an insanely jealous third wheel.

Antonio is a fallen angel, a rootless chauffeur in Rome, who relates only to the lonely heroes in the science fiction novels he grew up with. Only through a chance meeting with Maria, a woman struggling to hold onto her daughter and her business, does he discover a hope that's been in his detached existence.

Conjunto de pequeñas historias referidas por sus propios protagonistas, clientes esporádicos de un restaurante regentado por Fiora (Fanny Ardant). A la tranquila hora de la cena se muestran tal como son, con sus vicios y virtudes, con sus deseos, decepciones y cambios de humor.