Giampiero goes to a neighborhood middle school on the outskirts of Rome. In front of his house there is a gypsy encampment and at school there is a new girl, Romana, a Rom his same age. However, the gypsies are unwelcome and disdain for them is fomented precisely by those engaging in illegal activities. In the meantime, love springs up between Giampiero and Romana and is brutally cut off: Romana has to marry the man her father gives her to, and in the neighborhood hatred for the gypsies increases.
