Maša, an exile from the Prague area, and Gianlorenzo, a rich Roman intellectual and employee of the embassy. The two fall in love shortly before the occupation of Czechoslovakia by the Russians in 1968. Thanks to his connections, Maša is able to marry him with the permission of the Communist Party. But the situation in the country gets worse. They decide to leave Maša’s family and move to Italy with their three children. Here Maša immerses herself in the world of the conservative Roman upper class. The fourth child is born. Something inside her breaks.