[3][4] Checco is a young Apulian entrepreneur dreamer who has opened a sushi restaurant in his town Spinazzola.

However, after one month, the restaurant goes bankrupt and he chooses to emigrate to Africa to escape from debt.

Here he adapts to being a waiter in a resort in Kenya, but at the outbreak of a civil war he decides to embark on a stowaway trip on a boat for migrants to Europe and chooses to do it with his African friends.

The film opened with a record-breaking first day gross of €8.7 million, surpassing the previous record achieved by Quo Vado?

[6] By 8 March 2020, the film had grossed €46 million[3] when cinemas in Italy were closed due to the coronavirus lockdown.