Muratori recounts the night Fiore and Germano, two Roman bricklayer friends, find themselves building an illegal wall inside an abandoned theater, slated to become a new supermarket warehouse. As they work away from prying eyes, the two men revisit their lives, expressing dreams of a better life and confiding in each other with sarcasm and irony. An unexpected encounter with Giulia, a mysterious figure inspired by Strindberg's tragedy, turns their lives upside down, bringing a breath of art and dreams into a world of toil and drudgery. Meeting Giulia breaks down the barriers between their two worlds, fueling their unquenchable desire to dream.