It's the summer of 1991, and 18-year old adolescents, and wallflower Leo Paguro is spending the days with his family at their 17th-century villa in Portorosso, Italy,. He soon meets beautiful girl her name is Carol, a handsome doctoral student who's working as an intern for Leo's father. Amid the sun-drenched splendor of their surroundings, Leo and Carol discover the heady beauty of awakening desire over the course of a summer that will alter their lives forever.