A practicing Catholic falls in love with a devout Buddhist. A minor attends a pastry-making course in prison and discovers that love can be found behind bars. Two long-time friends celebrate an unusual Valentine's Day, thinking about the girlfriends who have just left them and a daughter arriving from Africa who one day rings their doorbell.

When Debora's ex-husband, a popular neomelodic singer, loses his life in a stage dive, she worries that her 11-year-old son Ciro may be showing symptoms of depression. Taken to a child psychologist, shy Tommaso, Ciro eventually confesses to him that it's not his father's death that has got him down, it's love for his classmate, the cute Ludovica. The two make a deal: Tommaso will help Ciro to win the affections of Ludovica, while Ciro will give Tommaso a hand at having a chance with his mother.