Laura and Franco have recently separated. Franco is paying alimony which helps to care for their son Luca. Laura is takes a job as a phone sex operator in order to help make ends meet. Franco uses this as an opportunity to challenge for custody of Luca. Meanwhile, through her job Laura makes contact with a weirdo who seems intent on harming her son.
少女安杰拉（妮可莱塔·罗曼诺芙 Nicoletta Romanoff 饰）患有精神疾病，每次病发都令她非常的痛苦，父亲带安杰拉去看心理医生，，心理医生告诉安杰拉的父亲她最好入院治疗。不久之后，安杰拉的父亲被心脏病夺取了生命，安杰拉眼看着就无人照料，这时，在十年前离家出走的姐姐玛利亚（Eleonora Ivone 饰）回到了安杰拉的身边。
玛利亚将安杰拉送进了精神病院，在医院里，负责照顾她的是一位名叫尼古拉（乔治欧·帕索蒂 Giorgio Pasotti 饰）的义工。尼古拉非常的温柔和体贴，在安吉拉发作的时候耐心的抚平她的狂躁，随着时间的渐渐推移，安杰拉深深的爱上了尼古拉。
