[2][3][4] The film won five David di Donatello Awards, for best screenplay, best actor, best cinematography, best editing and best supporting actress (Elisabetta Pozzi).

[5] Bernardo, a Roman music journalist living in Milan, is dumped by his girlfriend (almost fiancé), and, extremely depressed, begins working with a therapist, Prof. Altieri.

His career as a rock music critic begins to decline, and he cannot find a way to publish a book on the life secrets of Jimi Hendrix.

They separately travel to London, where Camilla is a theatre actress and Bernardo is working on Hendrix's biography, interviewing people who might have known the rock star.

Camilla secretly sells a precious ring to fund Bernardo's interview with an important source for his book.