Arturo Meraviglia is a theatrical impresario in difficulty. He must take care of Gioele and Rebecca, two children "inherited" by an old uncle. When he realizes that Gioele is equipped with superpowers, his luck has changed.

In the late 1980s, Amedeo Letizia, a young 20 something Italian, leaves his hometown of Casal di Principe to pursue a career in acting in Rome. While he's making his debut, his younger brother Paolo is kidnapped by armed men. Amedeo comes back, this return being an infernal descent into his past and his region's contradictions.