Antonio Ricci, unemployed for over two years, is overjoyed when he`s finally
given a job putting up posters. There`s a catch, though - he needs a bicycle
as a requirement of the job, so he pawns the family linen to get a pawned
bicycle back. He goes off to his first day`s work, truly happy for the first time
in years - and the title of the film gives away what happens next...