Romeo Spera (Carlo Verdone), an ordinary-looking middle-aged man, is a musician who used to be fairly popular. Even now he earns his living in music as an accompanist to female singers. His big problem, though, is that he is hungry for romance. The predictions of a fortune teller encourage his hope that he will know love. When he meets Iris Blond, it's love at first sight. In order to cultivate Iris for stardom, Romeo abruptly terminates his current professional and personal arrangement with singer Marguerite. But despite his newfound passion, Romeo maintains a non-sexual relationship with Iris so that he can focus on promoting her career. When Iris gets an important contract to perform without Romeo, she kindly violates their platonic contract.