Alarmed by the news that for each working Italian there's a retiree, 70-year-old Walter decides to do his part by helping "a young person who's working for him." He chooses Piero, a model worker and upstanding citizen so shy that he can't bring himself to declare his feelings for night-time street cleaner Francesca. Walter starts giving him some old-hand advice on the matter.

• Pablo
• A-Movie Productions
• Pierfrancesco Favino
• Carlo Delle Piane
• Lorenza Indovina
• Valerio Mastandrea
• Anna Falchi
• Nicole Murgia
• Nathalie Guetta
• Gianni Ferreri