故事发生的背景是意大利罗马。影片节奏相对平缓，有张有弛，这是为了使故事在观众眼里呈现出绝对的平淡、正常，就好像是每天发生在我们身边的故事一样。

　　Dante has a beautiful relationship with his girlfriend Alice, but he has a bad one with Time: absorbed by the many commitments of his daily life, he always arrives late and has the impression that his life is flowing too quickly. It also happens on the first day of his forty years, when Dante shows up hours late at his birthday party. According to him, the solution seems at hand: if he works hard enough, maybe in a few years he will be able to buy some time.

但丁与女友爱丽丝的关系很好，但与时间的关系却很糟糕：他被日常生活中的许多承诺所吸引，总是迟到，并觉得他的生活过得太快了。这也发生在他四十岁的第一天，但​​丁在他的生日聚会上迟到了几个小时。据他说，解决方案似乎就在手边……

故事发生的背景是意大利罗马。影片节奏相对平缓，有张有弛，这是为了使故事在观众眼里呈现出绝对的平淡、正常，就好像是每天发生在我们身边的故事一样。