八岁的男孩亚当在托斯卡纳的乡野穿越山丘谷底，突然出现在锡耶纳的一个小镇中，在那里，他遇见了自己的小伙伴阿里安娜和马蒂诺。亚当觉得在海边能够找到自己的父母，于是三人和一只鸭子踏上了前往大海的冒险旅程。里曼多，一位游荡在乡村旅馆之间的有些孩子气的诗人向他们施以援手，三个小家伙终于来到了梦寐以求的海边，然而那里却没有亚当的父母……

Elena lives on a Tuscan farm, separated from her ineffectual husband Leonardo, who is more concerned with his mistress Lolli than his wife or two daughters, Franca and Malvina. This collection of female figures inhabiting a world virtually without men is completed by Elena's sister Claudia and Elena's housekeeper Fosca. The only male in the house is a senile old uncle who spends most of his time knitting. This unusual stable female environment is suddenly shaken by several crises.

Irene lives in Rome. When her mother ask to, she go back to Rimini, her hometown, to take care of her autistic brother, Omar. She soon discover that Omar knows very well what to expect from the future, but in order to achieve his dreams, he need to be independent, which is why Irene begins a tender crash course to teach him adult life.