The protagonist is a young man of about thirty years old, he has been living in Milan for some time where he cultivates the dream of a more satisfying life, in the meantime however, economic needs force him to take a fallback job that allows him to support his stay in the city. At the moment, he works as a “rider” for some restaurants, a difficult and stressful job that requires a considerable expenditure of energy. He sacrifices most of his free time to scrape together some extra money, and ambitions are often put aside. The city moves quickly around him and those who cannot keep up with it are left out of the game.