Checco, a man who works as a bouncer at a nightclub in Brianza, dreams of becoming a carabiniere like his uncle Giuseppe Capobianco, however, he is rejected by Colonel Gismondo Mazzini after his third interview in one year.

While working at the cathedral he meets Farah, an Arab woman pretending to be an architecture student in order to gain access to the Madonnina.

Farah, with the help of her brother and two other accomplices, plans to place an explosive device at the feet of the Madonnina to avenge the killing of her family in an unspecified bombing.

Throughout the film, Checco continuously mentions (albeit some do also appear) relatives of his sharing the last name "Capobianco", acting as a running gag.

[2] In just its second week, it reached $42.2 million in box-office revenue, topping Life Is Beautiful to become the highest-grossing Italian film in Italy.