Two estranged siblings are thrown back into each other's lives during a high-stakes heist: one wearing the badge, the other holding the gun.

On a winter’s day, Nena gathers her family to celebrate her birthday. Il paradiso del pavone is a small journey into the intimacy and authenticity of human beings: a film about an extended family in which everyone talks but no one really listens. Until an unexpected event forces the family members to look into each other’s eyes and reveal themselves for what they really are.

In the near future, emotions are for sale. It was a painful choice, but Francesco decided to sell his love for his daughter, Anna: he wouldn't have done it if the child's life weren't compromised by a terminal illness. The buyer is Mario, a man driven by an ambiguous spirit of sacrifice, at the highest price a father can feel.