Exasperated and in debt (he is separated and with a young daughter to whom he has to buy an expensive braces), one night Franco sneaks into the company's offices to consult his file and finally find out who has to pay him the liquidation.

Franco then decides to steal the bull to compensate himself for the damage suffered, with the intention of bringing the animal to Hungary by Sándor, an acquaintance of his who runs, through a cooperative, the largest farm in Europe.

On the way the old truck breaks down due to a problem with the transmission shaft and the two friends, approaching the night, head towards a nearby farm where an elderly farmer, her young daughter-in-law, whose husband is fighting in the war, live.

After dinner and the grandfather and grandson have gone to bed, Franco notices the growing tender attraction between the shy Loris and the young woman and urges them to dance together to the tune of Adriano Celentano's Sun has gone out.

At the Hungarian border, stopped because they do not have the veterinary health certificate of the bull, Franco and Loris get to know Renzo Tantini, an ambiguous Italian trader who owns an import-export company on Lake Balaton.

Waking up, numb, exasperated and demoralized, Franco even thinks of abandoning the animal but as he is walking away from the truck he hears a ringing of bells and sees an Orthodox church where the faithful are flocking.