Set in Genoa, the film concerns the financial struggles and emotional strain that occur after Michele loses his job. He and his wife Elsa are forced to give up their affluent lifestyle and cope with the tensions of moving into a smaller home, finding new work, and making sacrifices.

In the past decades there was many UFO sights and abduction in nord Italy, and an old prophecy know only to Vatican high prelate talk of some "living being" that must come. In "31 april 2004" some spaceships arrive in Genoa, their pilots are part of a millions years old human species, that leave the Earth eones ago. After a brief period of friendship and cultural exchange the alien take control of the city during a big football match.