Back from the hospital where he has been treated after a heart attack, Lorenzo is on his way upstairs to his top-floor apartment in Naples when he meets Michela. The charming young woman, who has just moved to the facing apartment, has forgotten her keys and finds herself locked out. Cynical and grumpy, the retired lawyer who has been living estranged from the rest of the world, should normally leave her to her fate but he mellows under her spontaneous charm. He helps her, becomes friends not only with her but with her husband Fabio and their two children. For once, the self-declared misanthropist seems to be experiencing the long forgotten feeling of empathy.
Renato Carpentieri
as Lorenzo
Elio Germano
as Fabio
Giovanna Mezzogiorno
as Elena
Micaela Ramazzotti
as Michela
Greta Scacchi
as Aurora
Arturo Muselli
as Saverio
Giuseppe Zeno
as Giulio
Maria Nazionale
as Rossana
Enzo Casertano
as il portiere
Hedy Krissane
as L'imputato egiziano
Fabio Cocifoglia
as Notaio
Bianca Panicci
as Bianca
