Alessandro has a very sick father and runs a business that is on the verge of legality. The meeting with a client will rebalance the now worn relationship with his father.

Set in 1900, Lili d’Alengy, a Parisian cocotte at the height of her fame, flees Paris to hide her “idiot” daughter. There she meets Maria Montessori, who is pioneering a teaching method that may help the child.