He has paid for the coffee, and now he stands in front of the restaurant at the mountain pass. Instead of getting into his car and attending his next appointment, he takes the path up to the monument located higher up. A little hike will do him good - but as uplifting as the outing begins, this man will never return to his everyday life. A nearly one-hundred-year-old man experiences a sudden change when he hears about the bomb found in Lake Maggiore. He is reminded of his time as a young man with the Communists, because this bomb is undoubtedly the one he intended to use to blow up Europe's foreign ministers during their meeting in Locarno in the 1920s - but he only kept it as an intention. The family does not escape unscathed when one day an Asian-looking person appears.