Andrea, a 50-year old architect and recent widower, is granted a new lease on life after a chance meeting in his garden. While looking for tenants for his seaside villa, Andrea meets Rosanna, an anesthesiologist at the local hospital. Rosanna is married to the much younger Riccardo, an aspiring writer who is currently employed as a shoe salesman. During an eventful New Year's Eve, Andrea introduces Riccardo to a Maghreb restaurant owner and his lovely sister Hikma. Andrea soon discovers that Hikma is pregnant with Riccardo's child. Recognizing the difficulties Hikma and Riccardo face on their respective domestic fronts, Andrea offers to help the couple and let them stay with him in his villa...