In a small village in the Veneto countryside, it's the day of municipal elections. Young election officials will find themselves dealing with some clumsy criminals who will take them hostage in an attempt to have their leader elected as mayor. Will democracy ultimately prevail?
Agnese lives in an isolated house in the middle of the hills. She cultivates her garden in the sunlight and lives a quiet life of routine in the company of a mysterious guest she keeps locked in a room in the darkness of her house.
Guido spends a hot June day in the swimming pool of his villa. A series of employees and people visit him, but the last guests could reveal an uncomfortable truth.
Carla is the maid of a rich family. Cosimo is a child neglected by his parents. Two souls wounded by indifference in an austere and deafening villa. A mother looking for a son, a son in need of a mother.