Antonio, a representative of medical supplies with no success, finds a brilliant way to present himself to the customers and improve his sales: the special tiramisù (an Italian dessert) made by his beautiful wife Aurora.
A 'period' piece set in the hot summer of 2011, in the midst of the Berlusconi era. The life of a quiet corner market is shaken when the mayor decides to close it down. The only political organization people can turn to is the local section of the Democratic Party, which is separated from the market by a concrete wall, built to allow the construction of the subway.
The story of a leading political man, suddenly telling “all the truth” after a serious illness and therefore overwhelming lifes of anyone surrounding him…
Carlo breaks up with his girlfriend and takes refuge in the house of Gigi and Alice Fumagalli, who has just left her job to be a homewife without telling her husband.
Gigi and Alice are married when they rear-end a young couple: she's about to give birth so Gigi and Alice take them to the hospital and then find out the young couple don't have a lot of money so they decide to help them financially.
Christmas is coming and the Mantelli family is ready to spend it together but Alice, mother and wife, is afraid her marriage could end because the spouses are too deep into their routines so she decides they should go on a vacation.
"Men on the edge of a nervous breakdown" - Vincenzo, Gianni, Nicola and Pino are four friends who for years have been seeing every Monday to play poker. But this time Nicola is in crisis with his wife. The evening is ruined, but Pino has an idea. Why not invite a "ring"?
An American independent director comes to Italy to shoot a film. But inconveniences and obstacles stand in the way at every step. These are the years in which “Tangentopoli” rages and the golden rule of officials and collaborators is “one (bribe) to you, one to me, one to Raffaele”.
