Three couples consisting of two 50-year-olds, two 30-year-olds and two 20-year-olds face a pause for reflection, with an ending that reunites the protagonists at the wedding of Martina, daughter of the senior couple, formed by Walter and Fiorella. Only then do we discover that the pause for reflection of the 30-year-old couple Fabrizio and Valeria is a tale dated 20 years earlier, the outcome of which is closely connected to the whole affair.