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Paolo Giorgi and Laura Del Fiore, coincidentally approaching their forties, find themselves sharing the ups and downs of life with growing children, extended families, and a hilarious love story.
2008
Laura Del Fiore is a separated mother of two children, Emanuele and Nina. Their life is peaceful until Paolo Giorgi, a widower, moves in with his teenage daughter Cristina. The two families, with opposing habits and tastes, end up hating each other. Paolo has lost Laura's phone number and desperately searches for a way to find it, while she disconsolately awaits his call. Fortunately, her colleagues from "Tu Donna" step in to resolve the situation. But will the magic of their first meeting help them come to terms with the discovery that they are each other's hated neighbors?
After discovering they're neighbors, Paolo and Laura, advised against it by their best friends, decide not to continue dating. The situation is exacerbated by Emanuele and Cristina's constant clashes at school, which even end in front of the principal. Attempts at apology and reconciliation seem to fail miserably, and Laura ends up accepting a dinner invitation from Sergio, Nina's teacher. Paolo and Laura have been secretly seeing each other for ten days, but they still haven't managed to make love. Both would like to, but, confused by Monica and Michele's well-meaning advice, they're afraid to take the initiative, and when they finally decide, they can't find the right place.
Paolo and Laura are now a steady couple, even though they continue to hide from their children, piling up excuses and lies. However, Cristina accidentally catches a glimpse of her father kissing his neighbor and is shocked, so much so that she tells Emanuele, who begins to investigate. To improve the situation on the landing, Laura decides to organize a dinner with Paolo's family, but things don't go exactly as hoped: Emanuele extends the invitation to his grandparents, the sweet Mario and the cruel Clelia, and Cristina invites her elderly aunts Filomena and Sofia. Laura herself also expands the number of guests, inviting Monica and her sister Stefania, a woman sui generis, and Paolo, who brings his friend Michele. With all this confusion, the dinner turns out to be a complete fiasco.
Laura and Paolo finally manage to sleep together for the first time, but Emanuele and Cristina do everything they can to complicate the situation. Cristina, gripped by a fit of intense jealousy, begins to see the ghost of her neighbor's wife. Paolo, too, must confront a ghost from his past: Laura's ex-husband, Riccardo Balestrieri, a successful writer, is returning to Rome for Christmas and will be staying at the Del Fiore house. Laura's reassurances are useless; her new man doesn't seem to like it.
Christmas is approaching, and Paolo suggests spending it with Laura, but Riccardo's arrival has thrown all her plans into disarray, especially since Riccardo is planning a little chat with Emanuele on December 25th. Paolo, fed up with Laura's ex-husband and disappointed by his behavior, takes offense. Emanuele can't accept his father's revelation and refuses to speak to his parents. Even Paolo, after an initial moment of euphoria, begins to wonder why Laura has kept this truth from him for so long.
Emanuele is increasingly in crisis and is starting to have problems at school. Clelia suggests a psychologist, but Paolo advises Laura to be patient. After a day in the countryside with Grandpa Mario, things seem to have settled down, but the next day, Emanuele secretly waits for Peter, Riccardo's boyfriend, hits him on the head with his helmet, and runs away. Peter is rushed to the hospital, while Emanuele disappears without a trace. Paolo also disappears, for just one night, and it's all because of Natascia, who, faking a car breakdown, locks him in a country farmhouse for yet another futile attempt at seduction.
Laura still can't believe it: she's expecting a baby. Locked in the newsroom bathroom for yet another pregnancy test, Monica becomes suspicious, and it doesn't take long to realize the result is positive. It's amazing news, but it sends her into a state of crisis. Paolo and Laura have decided to move in together, but they don't know how to tell their children. And they don't even know how they'll take the news of the pregnancy. Between Laura's nightmares and Paolo's obstacles, neither of them can talk to Cristina or Emanuele, but time is running out and the baby bump is growing.
Paolo, Laura, and the kids begin to experience the joys and challenges of their new life together as one extended family. Meanwhile, Giulio and Stefania plan their surprise wedding, and Paolo's aunts, after discovering their terrible cooking, decide to take a cooking class. Cristina can't believe that Davide Palmieri, the most handsome boy in school, has fallen in love with her, and tries to keep her relationship a secret from Paolo, fearing his overprotective father's reaction. When Paolo discovers the two outside his house, however, he responds in a completely unexpected way.
The occupation is now in Emanuele's hands, and he's becoming a point of reference for the entire school: a unique opportunity to assert his identity among his classmates after years of anonymity. For Cristina, however, the occupation is offering another opportunity: to sleep a night with Davide. And to make love with him for the first time. To have more time with her Davide, Cristina asks Emanuele to extend the occupation by a day. Monica is overjoyed with her relationship with Ermanno and would like to arrange a threesome with Michele to thank him for arranging the meeting. But he has realized he loves Monica and wants to refuse.
Laura must confront a terrible reality: she has lost her baby, while Paolo, desperate, doesn't know how to console her. Suspicious, Monica asks Ermanno to reveal the whole truth about their encounter and discovers Michele's involvement. Depressed, Laura no longer leaves the house except for walks with her young daughter, and thanks to an encounter in the park, she is convinced to return to the editorial office, where she discovers, by chance, that her sister Stefania is pregnant.
Laura is in crisis, and Paolo seems oblivious, continuing his life as if they hadn't lost their baby. When she explodes in front of her partner and the gynecologist, the two begin a furious argument in which Laura blames Paolo for what happened. Their relationship seems to have reached its end, as does that between Cristina and Davide. Just as a damp patch spreads in the Del Fiore-Giorgi household, looming over everyone's heads, the crisis between Paolo and Laura worsens, shattering their relationship. The only solution the two can find is to rebuild the broken wall and each return to their own apartments.
Paolo and Laura return to living in separate homes. Cristina is in Rome and Davide is in Athens. Cristina, Emanuele, and Nina are no longer siblings, and Michele and Monica are separated: nothing is going as it should. And Paolo only makes the situation worse. Laura hates Paolo because she's convinced he cheated on her with Natasha and does everything she can to avoid meeting him. Regretting what happened, Giorgi finally realizes his feelings and decides to ask Laura to marry him. Meanwhile, Del Fiore and Riccardo spend a night of passion, unaware of Peter, Paolo's American partner.
As wedding preparations are underway, Laura is very nervous: should she reveal to Paolo that she cheated on him with Riccardo? Monica and Riccardo advise her not to ruin the moment, but the night before the wedding, she confesses everything. Paolo apologizes, but he just can't bring himself to marry Laura: he keeps imagining her in bed with Riccardo. So he leaves, leaving her at the altar. Laura can't believe it: she goes into a kind of hysterical fit, but then she has no choice but to surrender to the evidence.
2010
Monica and Michele and Laura and Paolo are about to get married. The two couples, planning a romantic wedding for two, are gripped by anxiety and stress: Laura hopes this second chance, in the company of her best friend Monica, will go better. Meanwhile, Cristina and Emanuele are back at school. The big day has arrived: Monica and Laura are preparing for the wedding, unaware that their future husbands are still asleep. A phone call from the two brides will wake them, and they, panicked, will try to arrive in time for the celebration. Giulio and Stefania, the best men, are also getting ready, but an emergency disrupts their plans.
Monica can't accept Michele's death and learns that he, too, wanted to have a child with her. Paolo, however, to avoid thinking about the loss of his best friend, works hard, with Adriano's help, to organize the perfect funeral. Meanwhile, Stefania has given birth to her twins, Rebecca and Rachele. Lea and Ermanno spend the night together, and for Lea, the event must remain a secret. Meanwhile, Cristina signs up for a kickboxing class where she meets Raoul, a very handsome boy, who turns out to be her teacher. Laura tries to get Paolo to react by having him read Cristina's essay, in which her daughter mentioned Michele. Monica makes a shocking announcement.
Laura's success spreads quickly thanks to a flattering newspaper article, but the editorial staff aren't as enthusiastic about her friend's book. Maya, Rosa, and Lea recognize themselves in Laura's portraits of women in her book and have no intention of forgiving their friend for being publicly exposed. Laura tries to clarify things with her friends, but fails to achieve anything. Monica and Adriano's relationship is flourishing: the awkward ornithologist manages to fulfill the expectant mother's every wish, but from Heaven, Michele is distraught over the choices of his loved ones.
Stefania has disappeared. Giulio finds himself alone to care for the twins while Laura and Paolo try everything they can to find her. Paolo, meanwhile, also swept up in Valeria's enthusiasm, decides to throw himself into the nursery adventure, though he first wants to discuss it with Laura, who, however, is too preoccupied with her sister's disappearance. Stefania, unable to stay away from the girls, sneaks home, but is caught by Giulio, who decides to put her to the test. Paolo, meanwhile, finds himself having to deal with Laura's constant professional successes, which, while helping the family budget, also exposes him to some worries.
When Laura returns from her business trip, she finds no one at home to welcome her. The newly minted writer realizes she may be neglecting her family and decides to put her career aside to devote more time to her children and Paolo, but Clelia warns her that some opportunities only come once in a lifetime. Laura must leave again to meet with a French publisher and doesn't know how to tell Paolo, who, meanwhile, is having serious trouble with his nursery. His partner, partly out of guilt and partly to show him her support, decides to invest part of the book's proceeds in the tranquility of a greenhouse. Michele appears to Monica in a dream and reveals that a man is about to enter her life.
Laura leaves for Sorrento without clearing things up with Paolo, who is increasingly jealous of the publisher's relationship with his partner. Both, hoping for the other's call, wait for the situation to resolve. Despite this magical moment in her career, Laura is sad and constantly thinks of Paolo, from whom she expected greater support at such a delicate moment in her life. Paolo dreams of Laura and Marco, overcome by passion, but then finds himself in Michele's "office," where he reassures him about his partner's behavior. Laura, over the phone, is unable to confess to her partner about the evening spent with her publisher. Giulio tries to win Yang's affection by giving him gifts, but it is Clelia who restores the balance between the two.
Christmas is just around the corner, and Monica, intent on instilling the holiday spirit in her son, entrusts her brother-in-law with preparing the Christmas dinner at their house. After speaking with Monica, Adriano confides in Paolo, who advises him to take his mind off things and think of someone else. The family is all busy with New Year's Eve, but Cristina has no desire to celebrate. Laura suggests Paolo invite Valeria and Gianluca to the party Clelia is throwing. Mario, overcome with jealousy, demands an explanation from his wife about her relationship with the man he doesn't know, and she confesses that it's a past romance.
Paolo and Laura's relationship seems to be booming after their renewed intimacy, but Laura senses Paolo is hiding something from her. On Michele's advice, Paolo has decided not to be honest with his partner, and when he hears that Valeria has left Gianluca, he fears his betrayal might be exposed. Haunted by remorse, Paolo dreams that everyone has discovered his betrayal, but when he wakes, Laura reassures him of her love, promising she will never leave him. Monica discovers that Adriano spent the night at Bea's and is furious with jealousy, while Mario clearly tells Clelia he will never go back.
Laura thinks back to Paolo's confession and can't come to terms with her partner's betrayal. Paolo tries to make amends, but the writer won't listen to reason and forces him to keep the secret from their children. Adriano continues to frequent Bea's house, and Monica, to disrupt her brother-in-law's life, hatches a plan to sabotage his routine. After spying on Adriano, Monica becomes obsessed with his physical prowess. The ornithologist gives her walkie-talkies because he has decided to accept Bea's proposal to move in together. In the editorial office, Monica berates her friends for not encouraging her to indulge Adriano's feelings because now she has lost him forever.
Laura wants to draw boundaries between her and Paolo and labels everything in the house to emphasize their separation. Her friends also encourage the writer's strategy of tension, while Paolo becomes angry. Adriano undergoes a true transformation after Monica's declaration of love, flaunting his physical abilities. Cristina becomes furious when Paolo asks her to end her relationship with Raoul. Laura is worried and tries to understand with her friends the nature of her partner's distress, so she visits Valeria. The gardener admits she has feelings for Paolo, but hasn't seen him since.
Monica suffers from nightmares after discovering that Adriano has a wife. Meanwhile, from Heaven, Michele verifies the veracity of his brother's secret marriage. Upon learning of Raoul's illness, Laura overcomes her embarrassment and offers her support to Cristina. Monica believes that Adriano doesn't truly love her, but sees her as a human being worth saving. Meanwhile, from Heaven, Michele is moved when he hears his brother confide in Paolo about his decision to recognize his son. Emanuele has lost his mind and can't come to terms with Viola's abandonment, which leads him to even neglect his studies.
Paolo leaves home and moves into a new apartment while he waits for things to settle down. However, the separation doesn't help the couple, and both think about the times they spent together. Emanuele is in a deep crisis. Viola opens up about his situation, and he confesses that he'll never find a boy who loves her as much as he did. The day of the final exams arrives. Cristina and Martina use every available cheating technique, while Emanuele is tormented by his thoughts. Viola had decided to reveal her love to the boy, but Cristina dissuades her so as not to disrupt the exams. Meanwhile, the exam questions aren't what their aunts had predicted, and the whole class panics.
After shutting Viola out of his thoughts, Emanuele has thrown himself into studying and prepared a 1,400-page thesis aimed at impressing Ugolino. Meanwhile, Paolo feels like a failure and tells Cristina they'll soon find a new house to move into. Paolo doesn't have the courage to tell Laura he doesn't want her to leave. Laura, too, is eagerly awaiting these words, but neither of them can bring themselves to tell the other. Emanuele and Cristina, still struggling with their final exams, must deal with an unknown and very mean professor.
Emilio Solfrizzi
Paolo Giorgi
Antónia Lišková
Laura del Fiore
Nicole Murgia
Cristina Giorgi
Carlotta Natoli
Monica Liverani
Brenno Placido
Emanuele Balestrieri
Marina Rocco
Stefania Del Fiore - Pierantoni
Luca Angeletti
Giulio Pierantoni
Francesca Inaudi
Maya Marini
Irene Ferri
Rosa Salerno
Corrado Fortuna
Elio Franci
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2011
Paolo and Laura have secretly rented an apartment in the same building where they live with their family, a place to escape from their children and the chaos of the house where their aunts also moved in a few months ago. And it's there that the two meet to celebrate a very special occasion. After being discovered in the secret apartment, Paolo and Laura must face the entire family, envious of their love nest. Meanwhile, the man continues to receive text messages from the doctor's office to collect the results of some tests. Annoyed by the number of messages, Paolo decides to call the doctor and discovers that he needs to be examined as soon as possible.
The news of Paolo's illness has devastated him. He acts as if he has only a short time to live, becomes overly sentimental, and begins to take care of the house: he tidies up Cristina's room, repairs appliances that had been broken for ages, and even gives up the nursery to Capone, Valentini, and Merloni. The only thing he can't do is find the courage to tell Laura and his children everything. After receiving the good news from the doctor, Paolo and Laura are full of energy and determined to live more peacefully. Giorgi must deal with Cristina's decision to work with Martina in a call center. Meanwhile, Capone, Valentini, and Merloni have no intention of giving up the nursery that the coach had promised them as an inheritance.
Laura can't accept the idea of Emanuele leaving home; she feels her son is growing up too fast. Meanwhile, in the editorial office, Laura is faced with the consequences of her blank editorial. Meanwhile, Paolo, at the nursery, meets Eva, Laura's friend and interior designer. She's very attractive, and Capone instills doubt in the manager. Jealous of his daughter's romantic relationship, Paolo decides to write a fake eviction letter to get Cristina back, but then reconsiders. Martina, through Valentini, accidentally comes across the letter and discusses it with Cristina, who forces her father to justify himself to everyone.
Paolo is thrilled at the prospect of having a child, while Laura is terrified of losing her child, as she has already done. Meanwhile, Giorgi discovers that Eva is gay and feels embarrassed. However, once he's over it, he talks openly with her about his plans for parenthood, receiving sound advice. The doctor reassures Laura and Paolo: they are both fertile and can have a child. The two spend all day trying to find a place to "try," but it seems arduous. Cristina seems to have convinced herself to talk to her father about her pregnancy, but every time she tries, she's interrupted or misunderstood.
Aunt Elvira's arrival isn't painless: no one wants anything to do with her, so she asks Laura to let her stay. To curry favor with her, Paolo presents himself as a skilled cook and is forced to prove it by hosting a dinner for the entire family. Eva comes to his rescue once again, helping him in the kitchen. Following a minor incident with Aunt Filomena, Angoscia jumps out the window and disappears. Laura, unable to bear to inflict this pain on Nina, decides to replace the cat with another, but she hasn't counted on Aunt Elvira's presence. Cristina and Raoul, meanwhile, realize that the time has come to tell Paolo the truth.
Aunt Elvira, as always, disrupts everything, so Cristina's pregnancy is no longer a secret. Paolo is shocked by the news, considering his daughter still a child, and insists on taking her to the doctor. Laura tries to talk to her husband, but to no avail. Meanwhile, Jean-Claude's arrival in Rome is a reality, and Francesca offers to host him. Despite it being Sunday, Laura is busy with a thousand things, and most importantly, she has to take a pregnancy test. When she tells Paolo the negative result, they both promise to try again, but in reality, both feel that two pregnancies at home are difficult to manage. Meanwhile, the aunts have prepared a Christmas surprise.
Cristina and Raoul have decided to tell Claudia about the pregnancy, so they organize a breakfast at the Giorgi-Del Fiore house. When Paolo sees her, he recognizes the girl with whom he spent a wild night twenty years earlier. But his enthusiasm isn't matched by any emotion in her. Eva tries to console him, fascinated by Claudia. Paolo tells Cristina that he's decided to wait before having a baby with Laura. Cristina disagrees: she doesn't want to be the cause of this decision, which, in her opinion, makes no sense. As soon as she has the chance, she decides to talk to Laura about it. Claudia, meanwhile, has come to terms with the fact that she's about to become a grandmother, and the thought obsesses her.
Laura and Paolo are increasingly determined to have a child and consult a doctor, but the tests the doctor orders for Giorgi leave him feeling rather embarrassed. Eva, meanwhile, is obsessed with Claudia and decides to do something. The test results worry Paolo, who believes he can't give Laura a child. His wife tries to play it down, but the fact that the whole family has learned about the problem doesn't reassure him at all. Eva, meanwhile, is determined to confront Claudia and joins her at the hotel where she's staying.
Laura struggles to accept Nina's change and wants her blonde daughter back, but she broaches the subject with her daughter the wrong way. To keep her mind off Claudia, Eva throws herself headlong into work, and when Paolo asks her to bring a flower arrangement to Claudia, she's forced to confront her face-to-face. It's Christmas Eve, and Paolo wakes up with a strange omen: he dreamed of a destroyed house, a woman's foot wearing a fuchsia shoe, and a man's hand holding a knife. The nightmare worries him because he fears the Christmas dinner will be a disaster, especially with Eva, Claudia, and Roberta present.
Christmas at the Giorgi-Del Fiore household isn't exactly a White Christmas. Paolo and Laura rush to the Pierantoni house and take Giulio and Stefania to the hospital, where the couple has no intention of making peace. Paolo and Laura discover that Nina has ended up at the police station with Fab. Meanwhile, at the hospital, Giulio and Stefania not only won't stop arguing, but have also sparked a fight among the entire nursing staff. Monica and Giampaolo, for their part, decide to talk to Elisa together, but they don't know that she has a terrible revenge planned.
Determined to have a child, Paolo and Laura return to the doctor, who prescribes Giorgi a restorative treatment involving a period of abstinence from sex. The situation at the editorial office is alarming: the magazine has only one issue left. Meanwhile, Monica reveals she's been having visions. Paolo struggles with the doctor, who is constantly harassing him: first he dreams about him, then he actually finds him at home. Paolo is so exasperated that he decides to discontinue the treatment and return to traditional methods. Meanwhile, Laura, thanks to Rosa's help, has an idea.
Laura discovers that someone used Monica's computer on December 26th, and something doesn't add up. Paolo, worried about Raoul and Cristina's future, decides to hire the boy at the nursery. Monica, on the other hand, convinced that everything with Giampaolo is over, vows she will never suffer for love again. Laura had a strange dream: she was sewing a baby bootie while it was snowing outside. Shaken by the dream, she decides to follow her instincts and return to the doctor for a checkup. Meanwhile, Paolo continues Raoul's training at the nursery. Meanwhile, in the newsroom, the girls are determined to find out if Elisa is bluffing.
Monica refuses to go to Giampaolo and Elisa's wedding, convinced it would be too painful, but her friends eventually force her to. In the middle of the ceremony, Monica has a vision of the past that could completely change the future. Paolo and Laura organize the dinner, trying to restore peace in the family. Martina convinces Cristina and Emanuele to try to stop Viola and Raoul, who have moved to the residence and are now about to leave for good. Emanuele is ready to make a heroic gesture to win her love back: will he succeed?