Four almost forty years old friends plan to revive a twenty years ago week end in Rimini.
During the Middle Ages, a traveling executioner hires an apprentice to learn the finer points of torture and execution, and a young girl is given by her parents to a Catholic convent.
By all appearances, Dario leads a lush life in Paris: his sweetheart is stylish, his daughter is appealing, he's successful in business, and he has a circle of Italian friends in town. ...
Beginning of the 80's: a politician is kidnapped and dies of heart attack during an interrogation. Before his death, the terrorists videotape his report on the exchange of money between businesspersons and politicians.