The documentary traces the key stages in the career of Milanese director and actor Maurizio Nichetti, following his return behind the camera with his recent film AmicheMai, his first after twenty years without directing. Through archive material, clips from his films, and personal accounts, the film tells the story of an artist capable of revolutionizing the language of cinema with irony, innovative techniques, and a touch of surrealism. A journey into the heart of a visionary, poetic and unmistakable cinema, between fairy tale, reality and experimentation.

Stefano is now forty years old but has not yet found his purpose in life, remaining an eternal dreamer waiting for that decisive enlightenment. With his parents who have great plans for him, Stefano realizes that he lost most of his years without a real goal and thinks back to all those missed opportunities that could have led him to another path, between old loves and unexploited opportunities .