Francesco, the director, is from San Donato. A dreamer with a candid soul, he is inspired to make a film about his neighborhood through the thwarted-love story between a roma girl and a local gagè boy, a talented and promising boxer. To give his film a sense of local authenticity he decides to organize an acting laboratory. That's when the problems begin. First: no roma girl answers the ad for someone to play the love interest. As if that's not enough, all his attempts to meet roma girls are vain.