Gioia has just turned 18. She lives with her father Bruno in a small country village where she works as a shepherdess. They live very simply yet harmoniously with the villagers. Their lives are disrupted when Bruno gives in once again and once too many to his gambling addiction, in spite of his efforts to quit. Gioia will have to follow him to a faraway town, where he will be treated in a specialized center. This will radically change her existence, forcing her to abandon the safety of the village, her friends and her habits. She will be all by herself to support her father, in his journey for a better life.
A woman and her 10-year-old son face, in their own way, the mourning for the death of the husband and father, which took place in a factory, while the waiting and the recollection for the day of the funeral grow all around.
Marcello, un pequeño y apacible peluquero de perros, se encuentra involucrado en una peligrosa relación de subyugación con Simone, un ex boxeador violento que aterroriza a todo el vecindario. En un esfuerzo por reafirmar su dignidad, Marcello se someterá a un inesperado acto de venganza.
