Sergio is a former hitman who has just recently retired. His routine is disrupted by the visit of an old friend. He wants to hire Sergio for one last assignment: to kill the Ventura brothers, two dangerous criminals.

Rome is shattered by a series of gruesome murders that paint the Eternal City deep red. The suspicion grows that these atrocious crimes are connected with the return of one of the most heinous serial killers of our time - Karl the Butcher.

Francesca is an exodate, that is one of the 390 thousand workers that the Fornero reform has left at home waiting for a retirement age raised at the last minute, creating a limbo in which people who had worked for a lifetimethey are seen without an income and a well-deserved rest. The situation of Francesca is particularly delicate because she lives alone with a 16 year old niece who does not understand the economic difficulties in which her grandmother has crashedblame.

Two old friends who grew up together in the 80's now find themselves overwhelmed by their unhappy lives to the point that one of them is almost going to commit suicide.