Alfredo is a policeman, he lives with his three sons and his wife Donatella in a small apartment. The family is waiting for the fourth son. The job, the arrival of the baby and the small and big problems of life are oppressing him. An emergency call for an armed robbery will change his vision of 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.