Both are taken to hospital suffering from paralysis of the legs, and there Nicola meets a beautiful nurse named Lucia.

However, Fosco's father, a typical Italian southern man, does not tolerate his son's homosexuality, and disowns him.

Fosco and Filippo, as well as having this problem, know that in Italy they cannot get married, or even take on the upbringing of a child, because the laws do not permit such things.

After they have been fighting over these issues, Fosco is beaten up by homophobes, and is soon visited in hospital by Filippo, who promises to go to Spain where he will marry him.

One day Ernesto meets Cecilia, an Argentinian girl who works in the restaurant as a dishwasher, and they fall in love.