Luca is a forty-year-old teacher experiencing a relationship crisis with his wife, Sara, who is much wealthier than him. During the lockdown, Luca finds himself a bystander in the life of his new neighbor, Amanda, and decides to bridge the distance between them, with disastrous consequences.

影片取材自意大利画家卡拉瓦乔著名画作《耶稣的诞生》真实窃盗案件，讲述在电影公司担任秘书的女主，表面看似是一位平凡女职员，实际私下却是大编剧家的幕后主笔，正在着手新剧本的她，巧遇神秘退休警察，并从警察处意外获得画作失窃案的犯罪线索，她将失窃案中不为人知的情节完美重现剧本，没想到竟惹祸上身，让男友及母亲身陷险境，眼见所爱之人受到威胁，女主决定挺身而出，用编剧创意给以回击。

儿子Giuseppe逝去，他的女友Jeanne突然登门造访，独自住在西西里的房子里的母亲Anna（朱丽叶·比诺什 饰）却不知如何开口告知她死讯。两个女人一同等待着Giuseppe的到来，她们的等待变成了对爱和意志的行动，也是她们信念的行为表达。