卡特琳娜(艾丽斯·泰迪勒 Alice Teghil饰)拥有着一个表面风平浪静的家庭,父亲(塞吉·卡斯特里图 Sergio Castellitto饰)是个不大有社会地位的教师,而母亲一心料理家庭,为人朴素平凡。或许,这就意味着卡特琳娜一家会在大城市的生活中碰壁。 从乡下搬到罗马之后,卡特琳娜眼前有着全新的视野和生活。她所在的学校,处处都是家世显赫的名门之后,带着贵族特征的政治爱好让他们开始了划分“左派”和“右派”,法西斯和自由党也成为他们争论不休的话题,卡特琳娜成为了同学的拉拢对象。更具戏剧性的是,卡特琳娜和贵族王子相互倾心,堕入情网。父亲也非常支持女儿能多多结交上流社会的人物,以求门楣增光。 然而,森严的等级社会却给卡特琳娜和父亲沉重的打击,原本平静的家庭也因此渐渐破碎。When her father, Giancarlo is transferred to Rome from the small country town of Montalto Di Castro, Caterina, a 12 years old girl, will discover her new classmates, a totally new world, an ambient extremely divided politically. She starts developing her friendship with the "left side", represented by Margherita, and the right, Daniela, side of her class. She will lose herself, without knowing who she really is. However, maybe Edward, the young Australian boy, who lives in the apartment across hers, can help her more that she thinks.