Lucia lives alone with her 17 year old son. Her husband left her eight years earlier after the death of her first child Anna a victim to leukemia. Lucia works in a hospice where she befriends retired professor Redetti (Paolo Bonacelli) who is unaware of her personal tragedy and over time becomes her "teacher" sharing with her his own experiences, how to deal with angst and leaves her with the message "Grasp the Meaning of Life".