After discovering his partner Mara's betrayal with the local butcher, Ottone moves into an apartment with two other tenants: his old friend Barbara, and her boyfriend Roberto, nicknamed "Er Patata" (Potato), who is under house arrest for assaulting a traffic officer.

When Ottone returns home to find the couple in passionate sexual encounters, he seeks refuge upstairs with his neighbour Demiù, with whom he enjoys playing and doing small dances to Latin American music.

After several frustrating attempts to find a new girlfriend, Ottone meets the beautiful Luna through a work connection and falls immediately in love.

The next morning, overhearing a conversation, Lorenza misunderstands Ottone's words, believing he is the mysterious anonymous admirer who had failed to show up for the previous day's date.

That evening, he discovers that Ottone is running a bar on the island with Demiù, with whom he has become romantically involved, realizing that it was the brief moments spent playing and dancing with her that made him truly happy.