Christine (Christine Lauterburg) is fed up with her uptight boyfriend Max (Max Rüdlinger) and his grumpy roommates, so she decides to spend the summer in Umbria with her friend Olga. While Olga is buried in her translation work, Christine goes out on the town with Olga’s cousin. He has made a lucrative business out of trading ceramics and zips around in a sleek Alfa Romeo.