[1] In a lonely restaurant on the beach, 4 waiters and the cook / his aide from Philippine are left alone by their senior boss (Ciccio Ingrassia) who goes to the hospital for a sudden illness, on the last day before selling the place to dysfunctional family of a rich furniture factory owner.

The head waiter gets fired, after boasting his long career and experience in the service of many celebrities, but also getting exposed for the loss own restaurant in a card game, his estranged son and mentally ill wife.

His younger son insults and mocks the waiters in various ways, tantalizes them about remaining employed, but also ends up humiliated in front his friends during a bet.

At the end of the day, when all appears lost and the whole staff faces termination, the sudden chance for redemption comes in the form of a joint Totocalcio win by all waiters.

Only the younger one however appears to also use the occasion in order to start a new life in a different career as international salesman, while the movie ends hinting at all the others still persisting in their own ways.