An elderly and retired police detective and a young amateur sleuth team up to find a serial killer whom has resumed a killing spree in Turin, Italy after a 17-year hiatus.

Carpenter Arturo becomes a literary sensation when the children stories he writes in his spare time get published. However he comes to resent success and the spotlight that comes with it. One day he meets beautiful Matilde and falls in love with her, before finding out she's already married.