| The south of France in 1999. Riki Kandinsky and his older brother Federico meet up again at their parent's castle after their father's death. They have not seen each other for a very long time.
Their father, an Italian, had married into the French aristocracy in order to avoid awkward questions about how he had come into his sudden fortune. However there is not much left of the estate and Federico accompanies Riki back to Rome to talk things over with their father's lawyers.
Federico knows nothing about his younger brother, except that he apparently has no money worries, he lives in the lap of luxury and he has a beautiful girlfriend. By chance, Federico comes across a pornographic magazine containing pictures of his brother.
The brothers, who had grown apart over the years, get to know each other again. Then, one day, their lives are changed by a car accident during which a young woman dies before their eyes. During the weeks that follow, Riki befriends Plapla, the dead woman's six-year-old son.
Riki decides to adopt the boy but, once Riki's profession is discovered, the boy's grandparents take legal action to prevent the adoption going through. Riki hears the bad news while he is away visiting his brother in France. The next morning, Riki is found dead in his hotel room. Fourteen years later, Plapla decides to make a film about the man who wanted to be his father.
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