In a pastoral Italian village, a young Londoner scientist helping his father with physics experiments, has to face the consequences of choices he hasn't made yet.
Matteo is a Roman barber whose business is full of debts. He decides to escape from this depressing reality by accepting his sister's invitation to Brazil.
A homicide detective realizes that the brutal murders committed by a mysterious serial killer he's after have something to do with the late husband of a beautiful widow.