Set in Tuscany in 1936, this is the story of two lovers, Giovanni (Stefano Accorsi) and Maria (Maya Sansa). Their first meeting, as teenagers, was a brief infatuation in the seaside town of Livorno, but it isn't until a chance encounter, years later, that their romance kindles. Giovanni, now settled in life as a bank worker with a wife and a young son, is transferred back to his hometown of Livorno, where he again meets Maria, who has always been in the back of his mind since their first encounter. They begin an affair, but the complications of their personal lives begin to take their toll on the relationship. Acclaimed Italian director Carlo Mazzacurati paints a bittersweet mural of an unbridled, passionate romance between two lovers ultimately destined to be parted.