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Caterina is the 13-year-old only child of Giancarlo, an aspiring novelist and teacher of accounting at a country school. In spite of his often lucid assessments of modern society, Giancarlo is a typically burned-out teacher whom his job has imbued with bitterness and social resentment, with a sheer lack of perspective concerning human relations, and with an overbearing, holier-than-thou demeanor that is a major plot point throughout the movie.