Mirko and Genziano are two 35-year-old brothers who have not seen each other since their mother died in a freak accident in which they were involved—eighteen years ago. Since then, Genziano left to live in the UK and now is a stockbroker; Mirko instead remained in Rome, to stay with their father Marcello, working at the same run-down family shop. When Marcello dies, he leaves a task for the two brothers in his will: he asks them to take, on an old restored roadster, his ashes to the grave of his old mother in a village in Calabria, where the accident happened.

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.

Aspiring writer Tommaso makes a living by penning the self-help column of a women's magazine. One day he receives a letter from a reader asking for advice on how to break up with her man: it is none other than Zoe, his partner of ten years, unaware of his pseudonymous side job. Tommaso can't believe his eyes and answers her in private to learn more.

A young man challenges the web to offer money for a sex tape of him and his girlfriend to finance his work and finally be able to afford having a child. Is it really wrong to sell our own intimacy in order to be able to afford making our dreams come true?

罗伯特，盗窃癖患者，喜欢写太过现实的童话故事，吓坏孩子们；贝阿特丽齐，患有突发性睡症，总是记录下生活中发生的一切。他们在同一个心理医生处治疗，发现爱能治愈他们的心理疾病。但生活不会一帆风顺，就像罗伯特写的故事，美好的结局总是需要一波三折。他们会找到真正的自己吗？

五个人运气不好，陌生人偶然相遇，在乡下看了一处他们都买不起的房产。他们决定联合起来，冒着一切风险把它变成一家B&B，结果当地黑手党却出现了，要求他们“公平”的份额。