Made in Italy is a declaration of the love-hate relationship with the Country told through the eyes of RIKO, a common man  It rsquo s Ligabue rsquo s alter ego  the man he could have been if he hadn rsquo t been swept away by music  Riko works in a cured meats factory, like his father, surrounded by more pigs than people  The real, everyday love he shares with Sarah, is in predicament While Riko rsquo s unhappy with his job, he rsquo s lucky to be working at all, unlike several of his colleagues fired at the age of fifty  Not even going out with friends, including Carnevale, is enough to soothe the professional and existential crisis  To shake things up, he decides to drive to Rome with his friends  Together they take part in a protest during which Riko receives a blow to the head  The hit brings a change including making amends with his wife and confronting the problems at work Riko and Sara decide to remarry though this emotional new beginning is abruptly interrupted by Sara rsquo s confession  She cheated on him with Carnevale, his best friend, who then commits suicide  Riko is then fired and the loss of his friend and job sends him spiraling into a depression that leads him to consider suicide  It rsquo s thanks to his son, Pietro, that he begins to regain strength and find a way to start again