Baldo is an enterprising young man looking for fortune. He responds to the mysterious Lucrezia's marriage announcement and decides to go to her town to meet her. Here Baldo meets a series of less than reassuring people who try to dissuade him from meeting Lucrezia about whom various suspicions hover.

Sara and Samuele are two simple guys who take care of a community of elderly people. One day Samuele discovers that one of these has bequeathed him four billion lire. All this money changes the life of Samuele who begins to neglect friends and girlfriend to attend more high-ranking environments, begins to make investments with alleged friends and in the end he loses everything. Suddenly he comes up with an idea to get the money back together with his real friends, but it won't be an easy task.