On the eve of the 2001 general elections, F., an Italian woman having lived in France for twenty years, decides to buy herself a camera and go film the " changes " talked about by her former Italian friends who sound more and more worried. As she meets them - former activists having given up any political activity and newer ones having grown up in the midst of various associations - F. is reminded of her own story and that of her old country. She also gets to know better today’s Italy, a very controversial and ill-treated country, especially by those who run it. Berlusconi wins the elections and an opposition reorganises itself, first led by the anti-globalisation movement in Genoa. Other events and other disappointments were to come up until the latest European elections. The film follows four different people over a period of four years: - Marco, who runs the Talpa where leftists, Catholics, and other young people belonging to diverse movements meet - Ubaldo and his daughter Eleonora who, though only 9 at the beginning of the film, is already ready to get involved. - Claudia who is the soul of the local section of Rifundazione Communista - Francesco, an anarchist who has decided to join a political party to help the left reorganise itself. Why did F. leave Italy 20 years ago? Why did her political involvement stop when she left? Where is Italy heading to one year before the next general elections? History with a capital H, and history with a small one: they look alike and need one another to make progress. This is the reason why F. agreed to run as a candidate in the local elections in her hometown together with the people that she filmed over four years.