Palermo in the 1970s. The Ciraulos are modest scrap dealers whose uneventful lives are turned upside down the day their youngest daughter is accidentally killed by clumsy killers. Their grief is immense but soon appeased by a huge sum of money allotted by the government. This is the chance of a lifetime for them to improve their condition. What to do with all that money? The father decides to buy a Mercedes, which soon becomes the apple of his eyes. That is why, the moment he finds a scratch on its body, the drama erupts... 奪命的富貴 (HKIFF 2013) (寫於2013年7月22日)。亲情不敌金钱。他的。 尼古拉（托尼·瑟维洛 Toni Servillo 饰）一家六口共同生活在一间小房子里，除去妻子和两个孩子之外，和尼古拉同住的还有他的父母。一家人全靠着尼古拉在外倒卖船只的收入过活，虽然日子辛苦了一些，但一家人在一起其乐融融也不失为一种幸福。意外发生了，一天，尼古拉的小女儿塞雷内拉（阿莱西娅·扎米蒂 Alessia Zammitti 饰）在海边被一颗流弹击中，不幸身亡，悲痛之余，尼古拉得知自己将获得一笔价值不菲的黑手党受害者赔偿金。 赔偿金还没有拿到手，尼古拉一家人已经开始计划着要怎么花了，不仅如此，他们还决定提前花掉这笔钱，东借西凑甚至还欠下了高利贷。
