Set in the middle of the 19th century, it's the story of a young Milanese girl, her unconventional boyfriend and her difficult relationship with her father.
Throughout the sixties and seventies, Boris Giuliano, a police officer of extraordinary ability, renewed the investigation system of the Palermo Mobile Unit and, through key investigations, reconstructed the secret structure and criminal activity of the Cosa Nostra, fundamental elements for the subsequent investigations of judges Falcone and Borsellino, which led to the 1986 maxiprocess.
In a school on the extreme outskirts of Rome, a young teacher, instead of neglecting his half-empty classroom, decides to tackle the problem looking for the children who do not attend classes.
After 11 years of marriage and one child, Anna and Enrico separate. Their separation soon becomes a destructive war, with the result that social services are forced to intervene to assess their parenting skills.
Six very different people - Marta, Roberta, Fiorenza, Paola, Lucia and Romeo - work together in an elegant fashion boutique in the centre of Rome. They are all in thrall to the demands of their overbearing manager, Francesca. Each character knows that between the dramas of their own lives, the journeys to and from work, the children to care for, husbands, lovers, and parents, they will find solidarity with their fellow shop workers.