Two 25-year-old men who meet by chance, fall madly in love, and are then separated due to an unexpected event. For the next thirty years they pursue the hope of finding each other again.

和许多已为人妻为人母的女人一样，乔凡娜（乔凡娜·梅索兹殴诺 Giovanna Mezzogiorno 饰）一边享用着安静的生活所带来的安静和平安感，同时又为原封不动的婚姻感到厌倦。为了维系家庭，乔凡娜曾经坚持了自己的理想，如今想来照旧感到遗憾万分，再加上一个不解风情的古板丈夫，使得她尚未老去的内心末尾摩拳擦掌。　　隔壁那个名叫洛伦兹（雷欧·波瓦 Raoul Bova 饰）的男人吸引了乔凡娜的留意，