The judge Calo, dragged by his wife who would like to live in the country, he went outside Rome to see a land for sale. Decio, the land owner, and his partner Paola invited for the occasion, the judge and his wife to join the dinner that they arranged with a couple of friends, Lorenzo and Monica, in their home in the countryside adjacent to the ground; the six so end up spending all night in the living room, by the fireplace, including social games, wine glasses, and jazz records. Lorenzo, doctor, fell into a deep depression as a result of anonymous letters accusing him of killing her infant son with euthanasia deformed. Decio is determined to help his friend and then asks for advice to the judge by sending it to each other.