[2] In Bari, Giorgio, a classic good guy and a law graduate, feels a bit out of place in circles he frequents with his girlfriend.

During an elegant Christmas party he defends a stranger, Francesco, with whom he forms a friendship that introduces him to a world totally unknown to him, that of gambling - poker - at which the two cheat.

The young man is progressively engulfed by a whirlwind of illegality and immorality: he regularly visits the house of a married woman, buys a luxurious car with the proceeds of poker, and reacts violently to the questions of his parents, who worry more and more.

One day Francesco informs him of his imminent departure for Spain; Giorgio decides to follow him despite discovering, with an initial repulsion soon overwhelmed by excitement, that his friend intends to devote himself to the cocaine trade.

One night Giorgio tracks him down as he leaves a club; shortly after Francesco chases Antonia, the bartender who works there, and attacks her.