Vera lives in the shadow of her famous father. Tired of her superficial life and relationships, she drifts through Roman high society. When she injures a child in a traffic accident in the suburbs, she forms an intense relationship with an eight-year-old boy and his father. But soon she must realize that also in this world she is only an instrument for others.

On the little private beach of a wonderful villa on the lakeshore, Martine Chabrol, is attacked and killed. The death although mysterious, since it is related to a theft of jewels in the villa, the case is declared an accident and archived. At least until somebody decides to discover the truth and arrives at the town.