During the Middle Ages, a traveling executioner hires an apprentice to learn the finer points of torture and execution, and a young girl is given by her parents to a Catholic convent.

Nico and Ray are surrounded by a gang of friends who love to have fun and brighten up the gray days of Milan's suburbs. They believe that love and friendship are the key ingredients for escaping the slums where they live. Between rap songs, Nico and Ray's friends try to survive day by day.

Stella works in a restaurant in Rome. She feels frustrated about her life. In spite she has turned 40, she dreams of a film career.