[1] It is the second installment of Salvatores' "escape trilogy", after Marrakech Express; like its predecessor, it is a road movie, and features Diego Abatantuono playing the protagonist.

Two thirty-five-year-old actors, Dario and Federico, friends since school, set off on a "tour" from Apulia to Emilia Romagna to play "The Cherry Orchard" by Anton Chekhov.

Extroverted and with precise cinematographic ambitions, Dario tries to encourage the introverted Federico, now depressed because neglected by Vittoria, a radio announcer.

She, unbeknownst to Federico, is romantically linked with Dario, to whom she gave the unpleasant task of informing his friend.

Concerned by the state of prostration of Federico, who continually messes up theatrical performances, Dario hides the truth from him.