Rosa is the mother of five children and married to a cantankerous Sicilian. She runs her household in a frenetic daily routine. So, to provide for her family, she secretly takes out loans... but the weight of the debt eventually plunges her into denial and loneliness. Until the day her son Nino discovers an eviction notice. He will reluctantly take on the role of an absent father and seek every possible solution to get his family out of this situation.