When they finish high school, Pio and Amedeo are faced with the fateful dilemma that grips all young people of the Italian south: give up everything to find work in the north, or stay home and build a better tomorrow. The two make opposite choices: Pio sets out to become a financier in the Milanese metropolis, while Amedeo remains in the southern country to become a doctor, convinced that a bright future can also be achieved in the south. Years later, due to an unpredictable twist of fate, the two friends meet again….