Driven by a strange obsession, the suave bachelor Archibaldo de la Cruz pursues a life of crime while attempting to relive a childhood incident in which he experienced erotic pleasure in the face of death.
After agreeing to testifying against a mafia thug he saw murder a man, Calogero, a slushy pushcart vendor, enters witness protection and is sent to a small town in the Alps. Soon, the killer arrives at the same town when he decides to turn informant.
When refugee and homeless squatters occupy an old building in downtown São Paulo, the countdown begins for their eviction.
Phaim, a Bengali born in Italy, lives with his family in Torpignattara, a multi-ethnic district of Rome. When he meets Asia and falls in love with her, Phaim must face one of the strictest rule of Islam: no sex before marriage.