DantehasabeautifulrelationshipwithhisgirlfriendAlice,buthehasabadonewithTime:absorbedbythemanycommitmentsofhisdailylife,healwaysarriveslateandhastheimpressionthathislifeisflowingtooquickl y. It also happens the first day of his forty years, when Dantes shows up hours late this birthday party.