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Marta meets her unknown sex partner online, where she travels with the nickname of Viola, and gets stuck in the game.

Annamaria is anchored to Salvatore, her old love. Alfonso, a timid person, is forced to have sex only with prostitutes, and Riccardo, is in a financial decline. One day they return to their city for the funeral of a mutual friend, Antonio. After the wake, the four decide to dine together and they begin to remember their past. In fact, no one mourns Antonio and, after a while, they forget the reason for their meeting.

In Sicily, in a time not yet forgotten, in the heart of a small secluded town populated by cicadas, ticks and venomous snakes, that which made a man a real man was not riches or power, but his honor. He had to defend his dignity against insults and village gossip. It took little to stoke the fire once lit, and no one was immune. One of the worst humiliations a man can suffer was to have an adulterous wife. A man so disgraced would bear the mark of shame, with all eyes of the community upon him. It was said that "his horns were sticking out" for all to see.