Mihai is a homeless Romanian beggar in the center of Milan who also happens to be an aficionado of historical novels. We discover the details of his particular personality through a confrontation of points of view, sometimes in contrast and sometimes in harmony, with the persons he meets together with Ela, his Albanian girlfriend.
Ela’s unexpected pregnancy and her abortion, compelled by an impossible situation, lead to a sorrowful moment in Mihai’s life: he loses that son he had imagined raising, and calling him “papa”. Fortunately, the discovery of a Romanian association dedicated to helping the orphans of the Institute where Mihai had spent his infancy, leads him to regain his enthusiasm in organizing a return trip to his fatherland, now with the declared objective of coming to terms with his past and finding a job and a house together with Ela.
Several months later, however, Ela is suddenly repatriated to Albania, and Mihai no longer receives any news about her. To fill the emotional void, he makes friends with a dog to which he gives the same name as his girlfriend, Ela: a border collie that attracts the attention or an Ukrainian lady, who, out of love for dogs and to save the life of that street animal, offers Mihai a home and a job.
His life radically changes: he sleeps in a fine country house and works in a restaurant - until, in a single moment, he manages to send it all crashing down.

Director's note

“Points of View” aims at communicating a universal message about the need of helping others. It’s hard to fathom the thought processes of a person used to living on the street. Mihai told me about his life, starting with his awful early experiences at an orphanage. I tried to help him attain a normal life. I organized a trip to Romania, and looked for a house and job for him in Bukovina, the place he had always dreamt about as a boy. But maybe this isn’t what he is seeking. What he wants is to no longer depend on anyone. His eyes brighten when he talks about the homeless who choose freedom.