Salento.Theprize-winningTammaropastafactorydecidestomodernise.Theoldfactoryisclosedandanewoneopened,completelymechanised.Thewholeteamofworkersdoingthestockingbyhand,amongthemEnzo,CarmineandBandula,findthemselvesunemployed.EnzoismarriedtoAurorawhoworksoccasionallyasatranslator,andtheyhavetwosmallchildren.CarmineliveswithhisageingmotherandMarcellino,hisyounger,waywardbrother.BandulaisanIndianimmigrant,bynowpennilessandwithnoplacetosleep.Thesituationistragic.Inthatperiod,Tammaro’swifeinheritsabizarrecollectionofcontemporaryart,whichisstoredintheoldpastafactory.TammarooffersEnzoatemporaryjob,paidunderthetable:watchmanofthewarehousewheretheartcollectionisstored.Enzoandhisfriends,totheiramazement,discovercontemporaryart.Butabovealltheywonderwhyabootwithaliquorbottleinsideit,abigsnakemadeofkitchenbrushes,oraglasswithdirtyyellowstains,areworthmuchmorethanalltheirwagesputtogether:hundredsofthousandsofeuros!Theirangermounts:withwhatthesethingscost,Tammarocouldhavehiredusallbackagain!Astheytalkanimatedly,awkwardCarmineinvoluntarilybreaksManzone’sImprontad’artista,aworkcomposedofahard-boiledeggwithafingerprintonit,ataprohibitiveprice.Itisdisaster.Thethreemenseethattheyareruined…whentheyhaveanidea:makeanothereggwithafingerprintandputinplaceoftheoriginal!Amongunforeseeneventsanddifficulties,theoperationsucceeds.Noonenoticesathing!Atthispointourdesperateheroes,withnomoneyorjobs,mastermindadiabolicalplan:makemorefakesandreplacetheminthecollectionoftheunawareTammaro.Thenselltheoriginalsthemselves.Thefraudtakesoffingrandstyle.Hereiswheretheirabilitywiththeirhands,nowuselessintheworkingworld,comesinhandyintheartworld...