A man who has long decided to abandon the strain of modern life becomes a hermit and lives for years in seclusion on Monte Soratte. One day, he is discovered by a TV crew, and against his will, he gets sucked back into civilization.

Pietro Breccia is a man who has long decided to abandon civilization becoming a hermit, leaving behind the strain of modern life and the futility of consumer society and living for years in seclusion on Soratte, near Rome. One day he is discovered by a TV crew that, sniffing the scoop, film a report about him.