Bruno Beltrame makes a living of sorts. He wanted to be a great writer but he is content to write the books of others. He also gives private lessons to students who are not serious. Among his pupils is fifteen-year-old Luca, more quick-witted and revolted than the others. The day he meets his mother, a woman he once loved, Luca gets upset when she tells him bluntly that not only Luca is his son but that she intends to entrust him to his care as well...