Naples, 1959. Pure Mathematics professor Renato Caccioppoli, Bakunin's grandson, is a tortured soul. Recently discharged from the psychiatric hospital, left by his wife, and increasingly disillusioned with academia and the Communist Party, he lives his last days with painful detachment.
During a hot Sunday afternoon in a small Southern Italian town, a school serving as a polling place is occupied by a group of three locals and an Eritrean immigrant, all unemployed, desperate and armed.
Dans un bidonville à Rome, Giacinto règne en tyran sur sa nombreuse famille. Tous acceptent son autorité et sa mauvaise humeur, car le patriarche possède un magot que chacun espère lui voler. Chaque jour, il lui faut trouver de nouvelles cachettes et défendre son bien, fusil en main. Lorsqu'il décide d'installer sa concubine dans le baraquement, la révolte gronde…