Chiara is an actress and daughter of Marcello Mastroianni and Catherine Deneuve. One summer, she decides to live like her father. She dresses, speaks, and breathes like him with such conviction that others start calling her "Marcello".
Béatrice, a widow, lives with her family. As she encounters Mokhtar, an Iranian teacher who fled in Europe illegally, her life and beliefs wreak havoc. For love, she has to face the prejudices of her relatives and the laws of her country.
