 Irene, an intelligent 45-year-old lawyer, runs a law firm in Rome together with her colleague Giulia and aspiring lawyer Alice. She s totally devoted to her 14-year-old son Lorenzo, who has never really recovered from the separation from his father, a famous conductor. In the course of her professional activities Irene gets to know charming public prosecutor Sandro Gruber, who falls in love with her. Irene needs all her strength for her depressive son, and fights her feelings for Sandro as best she can. When Sandro succeeds in gaining Lorenzo s trust, however, he finally manages to win Irene s heart too. Irene s work as a lawyer continually confronts her with difficult cases in which helpless women fall victim to violent husbands, unscrupulous doctors or misguided justice. Unshakably ambitious, Irene helps the women to gain the rights they deserve.