Four episodes – Christmas, May 1st (Labour Day), August 15th (Ferragosto), Halloween – to tell four stories that delve into the human soul.

A quartet of stories unfold across four holidays as family members, friends and colleagues face hard decisions, career setbacks and life-changing events.

Luciana is a factory worker married to the love of her life. She is living the simple and quiet life she’s always desired: she works and she is deeply in love with her husband Stefano, even if he doesn’t always have a job and they both need to struggle to keep on going. They are happy and always on each other’s side, but shortly after she finds out she’s pregnant, she gets fired and her world starts falling apart. After having tried to have a baby for years, the joy of impending motherhood lasts only a few months. Begging for help but with no one ready to listen to her, completely desperate and shattered, Luciana decides to kidnap the managing director of her former company, asking for the justice she deserves.

爱丽丝（宝拉·柯特莱西 Paola Cortellesi 饰）嫁入了豪门，过着人人羡慕的阔太太的生活，她也心安理得的享受着此刻拥有的一切，尽情的挥霍着金钱。让她万万没有想到的是，丈夫竟然在一场意外中丧生了，紧接着，丈夫的律师又告诉了爱丽丝一个噩耗，那就是她的丈夫不仅没有给她留下遗产，还有一堆的债务要爱丽丝偿还。如果爱丽丝无法在期限时间内还清债务，那么就将失去孩子的抚养权。
无奈之下，艾莉莉丝只得搬出了富丽堂皇的大别墅，住到了贫民窟中。常年养尊处优的生活让爱丽丝的性格非常的狭隘乖僻，而从现在开始，她不得不和自己瞧不起的穷人们生活在一起。