The story of Pierluigi Torregiani, a Milanese jeweler who in 1979 was killed in revenge by the Armed Proletarians for Communism after killing one of their own during a robbery.

Matilda is a Roman hitwoman forced into her job by her father, a feared Roman killer and a great fan of Lèon who would like her to be as fearless as the young protagonist of the film. But the poor girl is shy, clumsy and would do anything to change her life. And so, between one cleaning and another, she dreams of normality.