Rome, 1990. The night Italy's national football team is eliminated from the World Cup by Argentina on penalty kicks, a well-known film producer is found dead in the Tiber river. The main suspects for the murder are three young aspiring screenwriters, who–promptly taken to the police–start to tell their version of the story.

Mauro Lamantiaas Antonino Scordia
Giovanni Toscanoas Luciano Ambrogi
Irene Vetereas Eugenia Malaspina
Roberto Herlitzkaas Fulvio Zappellini
Marina Roccoas Giusy Fusacchia
Paolo Sassanellias Police Captain
Annalisa Arenaas Katia
Eugenio Nicola Marinellias Gianfranco, the chaffeur
Emanuele Salceas Virgilio Barone
Andrea Roncatoas Fosco, the director
Vladan Radović