1967, milan, Italy. A boy of Calabrian origin, santo Russo, arrives north with his parents and younger brother to get improved living conditions. Due to an absurd misunderstanding along with his dad contempt, Santo ends in prison, by which he gets a"true education." In 1978, he along with his friends Mario and also Slim embark on a 15-year unlawful career, a powerful and ruthless coil of heroin smuggling and robberies, kidnappings, murders.