Set in Genoa in 1969, the film follows the story of Alberto, a 10-year-old boy who attends elementary school and has a passion for Genoa and stickers. He is collecting those of the Italian football championship and now only one is missing. Through his eyes we follow the lives and events of the adults close to him: his mother (Eliana Miglio), who will have a secret relationship with the new substitute teacher (Giulio Scarpati), his bureaucrat father unable to listen (Piero Natoli), his sympathetic grandfather old communist (Enzo Jannacci).

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In Genoa, Anna Merisi, the wife of the unconventional professor of the local university Paolo Merisi, decides to hire a babysitter for their son because she wants to work again to help to pay for their bills. Meanwhile, the deranged Caterina, who has just left a clinic, gets the Merisi family address and lies telling that she was sent by the agency. When Paolo sees her, he recalls that Caterina was his former student and they had an affair two years ago, but his wife is very connected to Caterina and he has no chance to fire her. When Caterina jeopardizes his marriage and his family, Paolo discloses his past to Anna. But Caterina does not want to give up on Paolo.

A Deadly Compromise

While world religious leaders gather for a top secret meeting in La Spezia, the Reverend Jones, a famous television preacher and the creator of Reverend Jones's Sauce, is set on replacing them all and imposing his credo on the unsuspecting world.