Mario is a sullen and disappointed young man who dreams of going to stay with his uncle in the US and becoming a talent scout for rock bands. To earn money for the flight, he gets a job as a plumber in a ugly motel on the west coast crowded with weird people...

Luca is twenty-three years old. He lives with an adoptive family who loves him. He moves between the suburbs and the city center with his friends and has a girlfriend with whom he shares a love that is young, yet significant for them both. Luca is searching for his path at an age when everything still feels possible and, at the same time, already lost; in this pursuit, he leads a double life. One night, after a seemingly chance encounter, the trajectory of Luca’s life is shattered, colliding with blind and senseless violence.