Alessia and Danilo live in the Roman outskirts. In their early twenties, their opposite stories blend together when they fall in love. Danilo was raised in the suburb by Maurizio, a tyrannical father, with the purpose of redeeming himself and ruling his area. Alessia, influenced by religious visions and provoked by the neighbourhood, realizes too late that Danilo will never leave his gang. They will have to decide whether and how to honour their fathers.