On Christmas night, a group of former friends reunites after a very long time with the intent of ripping off a rich industrialist in a game of poker. Old hatreds and mistrusts conflict with nostalgia for the lost friendships.
During the Christmas celebrations, a surprising announcement takes a family by surprise and threatens to break the delicate balance that regulates the familial relationships.
Danilo does a robbery in a villa in Tuscany with some friends but when he returns home a sad news awaits him: the death of his mother Adele; upset, Danilo hides the stolen goods in the mother's coffin exposed at home in the waking room.