After the referendum on divorce in 1974, in a little village in the south of Italy. Michele the barber - whom everyone calls "quaffer" - believes that he can divorce from his wife just by changing his Identity Card, easily as a change of address. He will find out that it is more complicated than he thinks. Michele's choice to separate from his wife upsets the small rural center. The fellow villagers fear the divine wrath while others see that modernity is coming.