Cardiochirurgo al pronto soccorso
Angelo, un joven que con gran esfuerzo ha logrado salir de la pobreza, y Alberto, un guionista de éxito, se hacen amigos en la sala de urgencias de un hospital después de sufrir un infarto y llegan a compenetrarse de un modo absolutamente inexplicable dadas sus diferencias. Cuando por fin les dan el alta, descubren que necesitan estar juntos. Alberto, solitario por naturaleza e incapaz de darle a su novia lo que necesita, decide mudarse a casa de Angelo.
Gemma
Ernesto is doomed to loneliness since the loss of his wife. He is a writer who lives alone without any children, and is an antisocial person. However, he is as satisfied with his life. Although he has not been working for a while, a film director asks him to prepare a scenario on the life of "Teresa of Ávila". Meanwhile, a young peasant girl, Luana starts working with him as a maid. Now the time has come for an affair which he has ignored for some years.
Dr. Ricordi
Maria viaja a Italia con la esperanza de curar su enfermedad terminal, y allí conoce a un pianista ateo que la ayuda.
Rosanna
Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945). En la noche del 10 de agosto de 1944, día de San Lorenzo, los vecinos de un pueblo toscano huyeron a las montañas para evitar ser bombardeados por las tropas alemanas.
Michele criticizes the film industry and its inhabitants, and is particularly embattled with a Neapolitan director making a musical about the 1968 student demonstrations. At the same time, Michele has a creative block and struggles to finish his film titled "Freud’s Mother." Nanni Moretti’s self-inquiry into filmmaking, political ennui, and men’s relations with their mothers.
