Ernesto is a teenager who wanders, in search of himself, through the streets of Rome. Chapter after chapter, time passes and people just disappear but he continues to live impromptu relationships, causing pain to himself and to others. Taking refuge in his happy moments and in political ideologies, he believes he can save his soul from suffering although life will force him to grow and move forward.

An old sick man finds a smartphone: inside there are videos that tell the life of a woman who moves from a small town in Italy to work as a teacher in a city that turns out to be hostile and incomprehensible: Rome.