Young Giovanna navigates her passage from childhood into adolescence as she experiences the different sides of Naples during the 1990s. A girl in search of her true reflection in a divided Naples: the Naples of the heights, which assumes a mask of refinement, and the Naples of the depths, a place of excess and vulgarity.
Beauty
After Giovanna overhears her father’s comment comparing her to his estranged sister, the teen travels to a rough part of Naples to meet her aunt.
Resemblance
Giovanna accompanies Vittoria to Enzo’s grave and learns about their family’s falling out. A conversation about passion awakens something in Giovanna.
Bitterness
Giovanna’s friends clash with Vittoria on a visit to the slums. The bracelet Vittoria gifted Giovanna as a baby turns up in an unexpected place.
Loneliness
A secret gets out and unravels two families. Giovanna fails out of school and has her first sexual encounter. Vittoria demands her bracelet back.
Amore
Giovanna does not approve of her mother seeing her father. She ends up meeting aunt Vittoria at the Communist Feast of Humanity. The gang ends up in a movie theater, but a fight breaks out.
Verità
Andrea finds a job for his sister, Vittoria. Giovanna and Giuliana visit Roberto in Milan. Returning to Naples, Giovanna gets more advice from aunt Vittoria.
