A professor has quit his job at the university to expiate his son's eyes disease. Giovanni's blindness drags Angelo into a never ending crisis. Finally, from Angelo's socially committed past, dark shadows spread out; he comes face to face with himself and gets back to his role as a father.
Lucia and her 17-year-old son Gabriel only have each other. The father left the family when Gabriel's older sister Anna died of leukemia eight years ago. Now Lucia works in a hospice, where she befriends retired professor Redetti and other palliative care patients, who know nothing of Lucia's personal tragedy. Over time, they help her understand how to "live the unliveable."
