Elsa is fulfilling her dream of getting an advanced degree in art restoration. After she graduates, her husband Michele confesses that he lost his job months ago and has been unsuccessful finding employment so they will have to drastically downsize their lives. Elsa goes into crisis mode and finds an office job to support them while Michele's apathy and depression get the best of him and their 20-year-old daughter Alice remains resolutely oblivious to the family's problems. Italian with subtitles.