For every person there is a situation capable of changing, even imperceptibly, the entire course of his or her existence. Laura Liberti, a driven career-woman, meets a young motorcyclist by chance when involved in an accident. Her husband, an industrial manager, ends up getting fired due to the modernization of industry. Even their children, Silvia, Beppe, and Tommaso, are to experience a special moment?for them a crucial set of ?circumstances? unfolds. Olmi started out like this, with an almost subdued style of cinema?extremely modern yet light. But even he has lost his way. His older films were much better. Smaller…much smaller.