Vito Scaletta, having watched enough films, after being wounded in the head in the war, begins to think that he, too, is a gangster. By some miracle, he is taken in by mafia circles and used as a pawn. Everyone in the area knows there is such a schizophrenic. And everyone is trying to take advantage of it, because who would believe the testimony of a mentally ill person? Everyone around him plays along with his imaginary friends “Joe” and “Henry” just to take advantage of Vito. But every time after the next tasks he manages to survive.