Pontedera, 1945. Enrico Piaggio's factory is in rubble. Piaggio feels the enormous responsibility that rests on his shoulders: the life of many families depends on his ability to create a new job. A project is beginning to form in his mind, a dream: to create a means of transport that is small, agile and economical, but capable of reviving mobility and boosting recovery. The road to affirmation, for Piaggio and its creature, is fraught with obstacles. An avid financier, Rocchi Battaglia, uses every means to take possession of the factory. Piaggio understands that his scooter, the Vespa, can and must become "the icon of rebirth" and so, when he learns that the American director William Wyler will shoot the film Roman Holiday (1953) in Italy, he sends Suso, a young and talented employee of the public office, to make contact with him to convince him to make the Vespa the "carriage of Cinderella" on which to make the two young and in love protagonists travel.
Luca, a diction teacher, saves the life of a student which is the offspring of the famous "Serranò" criminal family. Out of nowhere, members of the Serranò family burst into Luca's life to repay him without accepting a "no" as an answer.
Em 1348, a peste negra está atingindo brutalmente Florença, na Itália. Tentando fugir do sentimento de morte que ronda o lugar, um grupo de dez jovens, 7 mulheres e 3 homens, decide fugir para uma casa no campo, onde eles contam diversas histórias para passar o tempo, todas elas envolvendo o amor. Entre algumas questões morais e as tarefas necessárias para sobreviver, eles aguardam a decisão sobre quando vão voltar para a cidade.
Em plena guerra, o professor Alberto Manzi exerce a profissão pela qual é apaixonado. Ele consegue lecionar em uma prisão juvenil, onde os detentos são completamente desacreditados. E é neste momento que se inicia sua jornada em prol do aprendizado.
