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Niko, an unemployed teacher, lives with his wife and daughter in post-communist Albania. Another son, who went to Italy to seek his fortune, regularly sends money home but does not reply to his letters. To find out why, Niko sets off for Turin, where a dramatic truth awaits him.
Fil and Mia are a close-knit couple and have lived together for years, although very different in character and attitudes: eclectic up-and-coming filmmaker he, methodical math professor she. Their routine is broken by an argument that culminates in an unexpected marriage proposal from Mia and Fil's subsequent elopement. This event triggers a set of stories that weave into a single narrative involving relatives and friends of the couple. Lives and loves at all ages will collide and intermingle only to end in a rousing surprise ending.
Cecilia, a determined mother of two with three failed relationships behind her, faces an unexpected crisis and turns to the three fathers of her children - Christophe, her first love and daughter’s father; Guido, her son’s father and former manager turned rider; and Tony, her estranged ex-husband and self-styled music manager - for support.
Niccolò, a forty-year-old man with a successful career and a desire to give back some of what he has received in his life, becomes the foster father of Federico, an eighteen-year-old with a difficult past who grew up in a community. A deep and complex relationship begins to develop between them, an emotional rollercoaster that never quite manages to find true balance.
