Rome, 1989. On his last day of high school, Luca gets in trouble when he takes it all out on hated literature teacher Martinelli, only to discover he's going to be on the examination board for his finals... During a summer of fruitless study, he falls in love with a girl he met once at a party, unaware she's Martinelli's daughter. The latter, strangely enough, has just offered Luca to prepare with him.