Upon leaving prison, a new life awaits a man in the suburbs of Rome. Elected president of the homeowners' committee, the man foresees a new kind of existence for his family and the entire neighbourhood.

Tonino, a petty thief, betrays his accomplices during a robbery and runs off with the loot. While on the run, he meets Renato, an eccentric man who teaches him to view the world from his unique perspective.

The story of Romulus and his twin brother Remus, in the eighth century BC. Narrated through the stories of three young people marked by death, loneliness and violence, among the movements of the thirty Latin tribes of Lazio.