[1] For this film Elena Sofia Ricci was awarded with a David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actress and a Silver Ribbon in the same category.

After the death of Carlo's mother, his sister Silvia returns after a long absence and she disrupts the peaceful family balance with her carefree and self-centered attitude.

The woman has kept changing jobs and location across countries, leaving unsettled matters and relationships everywhere, borrowing money around and getting into troubles with the law.

Suddenly Silvia decides to want Zoltan as her own baby, and his father is willing to give him up, in order to offer the child a better life growing up in Italy.

The Hungarian authorities however are concerned about the reliability of Silvia as a mother, and refuse her claims to full custody, also due to another scene in front of the judge.

Brother and sister are successful and manage to flee back to Italy, where they contact Silvia's much older lover for legal and practical support.

Although apparently successful, Serena cannot tolerate the last request, and she suddenly abandons him heartbroken with an insulting note, due to the chaos that Silvia has brought to their life.