The true story of a boy hero during the last fighting before the fall of the Roman Republic before the 1849 birth of the Italian Republic.

Elena, a Sicilian mother of three, is murdered by her husband. Her cousin, Roberto decides to take the three orphans into custody. Together with his wife, Anna, he takes charge of the maintenance of the three nephews, who join the other two children of the couple. The adaptation of the three children to the new reality is complex and conflicting. The backlash on the family budget is heavy. Roberto and his wife make do to ensure that the children are supported, trying not to let them know how their mother died.

In the top-floor apartment of a large building on the outskirts of Rome, the lives of three young roommates intertwine with that of Aurelio, a former punk singer trapped in his glorious past.